Jewelry of Consort of Imperial Prince Yeong, Crown Princess Uimin (1901-1989).
One of a pair of white jade ornamental hairpins with phoenix head-shaped design. Used in upright position on a braided wig, it is decorated with gold thread, pearl, red and blue crystal beads, and kingfisher feather on top of the white jade phoenix. This hairpin is part of a daesu 대수 ensemble. A Joseon wig worn by Queens for ceremonial occasions resembling a helmet [image source].
This women’s ornamental pendant, Norigae was made by vertically connecting two pieces of white jade plates. Each jade plate is decorated with a pierced open work of a butterfly. Norigaeis an ornamental pendant for women, which is worn by being hung from the top garment or skirt with a string. It is one of the pendants which Lady Hyoyeong, the consort of Imperial Prince Regent of Gang, presented to the consort of Imperial Prince Yeong in 1941 [image source].
Jade hairpin in the shape of a flower worn with daesu. Kingfisher feathers are inlaid between delicate gilt gold framework in the shape of various flowers and phoenixes. Blue and red glass stones adorn the pin along with pearls [image source]
This is a silk-lantern-shaped hairpin made of jade. The head of the harpin is sculpted after intertwined tree branches in openwork, with plum blossoms, bamboo leaves, and birds represented in between [image source].
Bongjam is a phoenix-shaped hairpin. It has 6 pearls decorating the tail, wings, and eyes of the phoenix, three red glass stones at the end of the tail, top of the head, and front of the bottom support, and two blue glass stones on the sides. The red glass stone at the front is framed by an 8-petal flower decorated with kingfisher feathers [image source].
One of a pair of hairpins used by the Consort of Imperial Prince Yeong for her daesu, worn together with a ceremonial pheasant robe. The head of the hairpin is carved in the shape of a dragon holding the pearl of wisdom in its mouth. The mouth, filled with red beeswax, has a red glass bead inside, but only small portion of the bead is visible. The whole piece is gold-plated, but two small pearls which had been studded in the eyes are missing [image source].
A plum blossom is embossed at the center of a milky-white jade in the shape of a chrysanthemum. An eight-lobed metal support is placed on top of it. Golden stamens were added and shaped with a technique called eojamun 어자문 to flatten the top. Kingfisher feathers are used to decorate the support at the center. Finally, a red glass stone was added on top [image source].
Hairpin in the shape of a butterfly worn along with the daesu. Four large pearls flank the corners of the wings to create flowers. Golden stamens surround them. At the center is a lotus flower with a red glass stone. Eojamun technique was employed to decorate the frame with small rounded indentations where kingfisher feathers were inlaid on top [image source].
A one of a pair of phoenix hairpins used with the daesu. This type is worn horizontally [image search].
This hair ornament is to be vertically placed in the front of the queen’s wig. It is made of carved white jade connected with a gold-plated skewer. It was usually worn with a pheasant robe. Both sides of the white jade plate, where circular longevity symbols, a phoenix, and arabesque patterns are carved in relief, are decorated with pearls and blue and red crystal beads [image source].
