Bee and Bug Pins
Pins Shown from Left to Right, Top to Bottom
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Title Crystal Fly
Date 1998
Designer © Christian Dior, France
Materials Rhodium-Plated Base Metal, Crystals
Size 1.5" x 1.4"
(3.8cm x 3.6cm) -
Title Green and Blue Rhinestone Bees
Date circa 1960
Designer Ciner, USA
Materials Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Rhinestones
Size 2.6" x 1.5"
(6.6cm x 3.8cm) -
Title Grasshopper
Date 2001
Designer Landau, USA
Materials Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Glass Cabochons, Rhinestones, Enamel
Size 3.3" x 1.2"
(8.4cm x 3cm) -
Title Cicada
Date 1995
Designer Iradj Moini, USA
Materials Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Obsidian, Onyx, Diopside Cabochons, Turquoise, Mother-of-Pearl, Glass Cabochons
Size 2.6" x 2"
(6.6cm x 5.1cm) -
Title Golden Bee
Date 1997
Designer St. John Knits, USA
Materials Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Crystals
Size 2.3" x 0.8"
(5.8cm x 2cm) -
Title Fly With Pearl
Date 1997
Designer Iradj Moini, USA
Materials Rhodium-Plated Base Metal, Baroque Simulated Pearl, Glass Cabochons, Crystals
Size 2.1" x 1.7"
(5.3cm x 4.3cm) -
Title Green Ladybug
Date circa 1970
Designer © Sandor Co., USA
Materials Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Enamel
Size 1.2" x 0.9"
(3cm x 2.3cm) -
Title Turquoise Bee
Date circa 1940
Designer Walter Lampl, USA
Materials 14kt Yellow Gold, Turquoise, Mother-of-Pearl
Size 1" x 1"
(2.5cm x 2.5cm) -
Title Two Blue Horseflies
Date circa 1997
Designer Unknown, Acquired in France
Materials Blackened and Oxidized-Coppertone Base Metal, Enamel, Crystals
Size 1.9" x 0.7"
(4.8cm x 1.8cm) -
Title Green, Purple, and Blue Beetle
Date 1970
Designer Kenneth Jay Lane, USA
Materials Yellow Gold-Plated White Base Metal, Glass
Size 1.9" x 1.6"
(4.8cm x 4.1cm)
Date: circa 1995
Designer: Reproduction, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Materials: Yellow Gold-Plated Sterling Silver, Enamel, Rhinestones
Size: 1.1″ x 1.3″ (2.8 cm x 3.2 cm)
Title: Large Ladybug
Date: circa 1995
Designer: Carolee, USA
Materials: Yellow Gold-Plated Base Metal, Rhinestones, Enamel
Size: 1.9″ x 1.6″ (4.7 cm x 4 cm)
Bugged
A professional diplomat is trained to be wary of the kind of bugs that are used by spies to monitor conversations. Albright’s affinity is for insect pins. When feeling good, she often wore a ladybug, but when delivering a sharp message, the pin of choice was a wasp or a bee.
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