Ladybug Red Black Enamel over Pewter Solid Fancy Tie Tack Pin 5/8L

Luck in a Tiny Package: The Ladybug Tie Tack

A red enamel shell, black spots and a thin gold edge, just 5/8 in long. The ladybug tie tack is small enough to sit on a tie without shouting. It follows the style of Carl Faberge.

It also works as a Faberge ladybug pin on a jacket lapel or a hat band.

Product Details

• Material: Fine quality reproduction, 24K gold plate over pewter with enameled color details
• Dimensions: 5/8 in L x 1/2 in W x 1/4 in H
• Style: Red black enamel tie tack in a Faberge ladybug pin design
• Origin: Made in USA

Luck Charms on the Tie

The tie pin began as a pearl or gem set in gold. English gentlemen used it to hold their cravats in the early 1800s. By the 1870s Americans wore mass-produced stickpins shaped like animal heads, horseshoes and wishbones.

Those were all luck charms. A good luck tie tack with a ladybug belongs to the same habit. In the 1920s tie clips replaced the stickpin, but the tack never quite went away.

Faberge and His Small Creatures

Faberge's firm made jeweled eggs and tiny animals for the Tsar. It won the Grand Prix at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Your tie tack follows that style in red and black.

Two colors, one shape, a thin gold edge. A red black enamel tie tack is a lesson in restraint.

Wearing the Ladybug Tie Tack

Push the pin through the tie and fasten the back. Wipe the enamel with a soft cloth. Store the ladybug tie tack flat in a small box.

A good luck tie tack also suits a lapel or a hat band. A red black enamel tie tack looks sharp on a navy suit. Find more in our Museum Jewelry Cufflinks and Tie Tacks.

About Carl Faberge

Carl Faberge lived from 1846 to 1920. In 1882 he won a gold medal at the Pan-Russian Exhibition in Moscow. Three years later his firm became Goldsmith by Special Appointment to the Imperial court. A Faberge ladybug pin like this is a small echo of that work.

For More Reading from the Web

• Follow Faberge from a family workshop to the court. The ladybug tie tack is a distant cousin of his animals. Faberge: The Artist Jeweller - Royal Collection Trust
• Trace the stickpin from English cravats to American novelty pins. A good luck tie tack has deep roots. Tie Pin - Wikipedia