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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 2496230, member: 5398"]The little bees have a button-like shank on the back, but I suspect they were sewn on a dress to look like scatter pins as AJ mentioned. In the 1940s-50s it was fairly common for modestly-priced dresses to have rhinestone "jewelry" pieces of this type sewn on by the manufacturer.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]267224[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 2496230, member: 5398"]The little bees have a button-like shank on the back, but I suspect they were sewn on a dress to look like scatter pins as AJ mentioned. In the 1940s-50s it was fairly common for modestly-priced dresses to have rhinestone "jewelry" pieces of this type sewn on by the manufacturer. [ATTACH=full]267224[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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