Catherine de Medici's hair pin found in the toilet

[Bene]

Came across this article titled "16th century French queen's pin found in toilet"

Linkee 1 (http://www.wdtn.com/dpps/news/strange/16th-century-french-queens-pin-found-in-toilet-ob12-jgr_4211532)
Linkee 2 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/16th-century-french-queen-catherine-de-medicis-hairpin-is-discovered-in-communal-toilet/2012/06/19/gJQAo9JwnV_story.html)

"A hairpin belonging to 16th century French Queen Catherine de Medici has been discovered at a royal residence outside Paris. What has conservators scratching their heads is exactly where it was found: down a communal toilet."

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y244/bene25/posting/France-Medici-Discove_Gree_20120619132549_640_480.jpg


Where can I get a replica :bigeyes: 3.5 inches, it would only be decorative, but I think I can make it work with a lazy wrap bun.

[Hollyfire3]

That is SO awsome of a hair pin...i want a replica too!

[Xi]

Very pretty! Deserving of a better fate... :p

[jeanniet]

How cool! Very pretty pin, and great story to boot.

[Teazel]

Maybe Queen Catherine just had to go! Any port in a storm. :wink:

[jeanniet]

Maybe Queen Catherine just had to go! Any port in a storm. :wink:
Lol, I can relate to that one!

[letibear]

How unusual!

[HintOfMint]

Gorgeous! But I can't get past the toilet bit. I'm so squeamish with anything bathroom related that even if I try to look for a replica of this beautiful pin, all I'll think about is the toilet. Sad.

[Slug Yoga]

Was it solid gold? Man, that'd be heavy, especially if she had several like them in her hair!

[Nae]

Aww man, I never think of looking in the toilet when one of those babies come up missing. Now I will have this story in the back of my mind.

Hmmm......maybe that is where my cell phone went?

[Unicorn]

Channel?

Unicorn

[Tristania]

Maybe Catherine de Medici was reborn as Coco Chanel..? That would explain the eerily similar monogram:p

[Jing]

Chanel is probably what people would think it was if anyone did get hold of a replica. I would have to fight an urge to explain to every single person I met that it was in fact not a Chanel product if I had that in my hair, whether they mentioned it or not. :rolleyes: Misunderstandings irk me to no end.

[Shiranshoku]

I'm not a fan of golden accessories. Cool story though! I checked this thread out because I read the title and was like: whoa! She found an ancient pin in her toilet??? Maybe I should pay more attention when I'm cleaning mine! Lol :p

[PixieKitten]

Hmmm......maybe that is where my cell phone went?

If it is, you may want to look into getting a new one! :P

[Nae]

If it is, you may want to look into getting a new one! :P

Yeah, it is on my to do list. Which unfortunately has been lost along with my phone, which leaves me in quite the catch-22. ;)

[bumblebums]

Maybe Catherine de Medici was reborn as Coco Chanel..? That would explain the eerily similar monogram:p

That was my first thought, too--that's where Chanel stole her logo from!

[Wavelength]

Gorgeous pin, and I love the delicate and diplomatic wording in the article.

"After the age-old soil was cleaned off..." :D

If it's solid gold, I'm sure it would've sunk without a trace pretty quickly.