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Filigree hairpin, phoenix: A sterling-silver filigree hairpin topped with a phoenix of twisted wire and bead feathers, lying across dark worn wood, at a Định Công silversmith's bench, worn wood, fine silver wire and a small torch flame, warm grey and silver tones, by Đinh Văn Hùng
Photo · On the bench
Filigree hairpin, phoenix: A sterling-silver filigree hairpin topped with a phoenix of twisted wire and bead feathers, lying across dark worn wood, at a Định Công silversmith's bench, worn wood, fine silver wire and a small torch flame, warm grey and silver tones, by Đinh Văn Hùng
01 / 04 · On the bench
Filigree hairpin, phoenix, macro of the filigree phoenix, bead feathers, at a Định Công silversmith's bench, worn wood, fine silver wire and a small torch flame, warm grey and silver tones
02 / 04 · The phoenix
Filigree hairpin, phoenix, close-up of the wooden pin and hinge, at a Định Công silversmith's bench, worn wood, fine silver wire and a small torch flame, warm grey and silver tones
03 / 04 · The pin
Filigree hairpin, phoenix, the hairpin set in dark hair, seen from behind, soft light, at a Định Công silversmith's bench, worn wood, fine silver wire and a small torch flame, warm grey and silver tones
04 / 04 · In the hair

Photographed on the bench. The phoenix is the form the village made for the court; the pin is forged, not cast.

Kim hoàn thủ công · Hand-wrought jewellery · Edition of 8

Filigree hairpin, phoenix

Trâm — the hairpin of the old court; here a phoenix in filigree on a silver pin.

$240

Shipping & duties included

Portrait of Đinh Văn Hùng, silversmith in his forties, bent over the jeweller's bench in Định Công with a loupe and a coil of silver wire, third generation of the family trade

Đinh Văn Hùng

Silversmith · Định Công village · Third generation

The hairpin was the Định Công piece the court ordered most, and the phoenix its usual head. This one is built in thread inside a frame, the tail feathers laid one by one, on a pin forged from a single rod.

For a knot of hair, or a lapel, or a drawer that keeps small things.

Materials
Sterling silver
Technique
Filigree; granulation; forged pin
Dimensions
12 cm pin · 4 cm head · 9 g
Edition
Edition of 8 · Signed and sealed
Made
Định Công, Hà Nội · 2026
Delivery
Crated by hand, insured door to door · Ready in 5 days · 30-day return

$240

Duties and worldwide shipping included · Ready to send in 5 days

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Each work is crated by hand in Hà Nội and insured door to door. If it does not belong in your home, return it within 30 days.

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The making

Three weeks, in four movements

The oldest form from the bench.

I

The pin

A silver rod forged and polished.

II

The frame

The phoenix outline bent in heavier wire.

III

The feathers

Laid thread by thread and soldered.

IV

The beans

Granules at the joins; the head set on the pin; stamped.

From the same village

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