HISTORY OF THE PIN.
.The pin may he seen in every housewife’s sewing basket. It is an indispensable article to the dressmaker, arid lias come to the rescue on many occasions to keep torn garments in place. In early days, pins were made by hand, and were sold in bulk by tlie ounce, each pin being hammered straight, pointed, headed, and polished by hand work. They are not a modern invention, having been found in tlie burying places of the ancients. During excavations around London many ornate varieties of Roman pins have been discovered, and now repose in the British Museum.
It .was not until the reign of Edward I that the use of pins became general, their introduction being due to Anne of Austria, wife of Richard II of England. In 1399, pin-making became an established industry, and on Richard tlie Third’s accession to the Throne, an Act was passed prohibiting the importation of pins into the realm.
To-day pins are manufactured by machinery at the rate of one per second. *
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 50, 27 January 1938, Page 16
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