Tiny triangle pin with anchor pin

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Found! In my mother's jewelry box!

They are tiny pins connected by a tiny chain. The triangle is 1/2" (1.2 cm) from top to bottom. There is a "Q" at the apex, a "T" in the lower left corner, and a "C" in the lower right corner. There is a tiny naked lady sitting cross legged with her arms in the air. The anchor is 3/8" (1 cm.) The chain is a little over 1.5" (4 cm.) I have no idea if it is brass or gold or what. The backs have no markings, just the tiny little clasps with very sharp (ow!) points.

I searched the net for this, but nothing matched. No, Mom no longer remembers what it is, but she is curious and she doesn't believe that I can find out what it is by using the Internet. Help me redeem myself in my mother's eyes.
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Another possibility I've thought of, with the anchor, the lady could represent a mythical siren... Or do I need more coffee?
 

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I just called Mom and she gave me more information. She said that if she had gotten it from a suitor, she would have remembered. No kind of embarrassment whatsoever, just, "Oh, I would have remembered that."

Then she said that no, that couldn't be it because she remembers her mother having it in her mother's jewelry box. Much like Mom did with me, Grandmother allowed Mom as a child to paw through all the old stuff in Grandmother's jewelry box, but Mom said that Grandmother wouldn't allow Mom to take anything. Mom said, no, this would be pre-WWII. Mom does remember wearing these pins a couple of times in high school (graduated in 1944.) From Mom:

The pins were so small and so much trouble to get on a blouse, but I wore them a couple of times in high school. I remember my best friend Jane LaRue (who always had the nicest things because her family had money) was jealous because I wouldn't tell her where I had gotten it. I told her it was a secret society and I couldn't tell her. Jane LaRue was fit to be tied. So much so that I finally told her that it was my mother's.

I always thought it had something to do with the opening of King Tut's (Tutankhamun's) tomb. I mean the little figure looked Egyptian to me.
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After I told her the image was of a naked lady, Mom said, "Hmm. Well, I guess I never looked at it with a magnifying glass." :)

The clue about King Tut's tomb may be totally off and a child's jump to conclusion, but Grandmother was in college the year before King Tut's tomb was opened in 1922. As I understand it, there was a rash of everything Egyptian for a while, from fabric to jewelry to who knows what.

Maybe it was from a suitor of Grandmother's. Born in 1902, she didn't marry until 1924, which I believe is a little later than most young brides of that era.

Any other suggestions after that discourse? Surely there is an image of this thing somewhere on the Internet!
 

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OMG! that pin is hilarious! would love to find something like that in my mothers drawer!
 

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If this is pre-WWII that makes it more interesting. :icon_scratch: Secret society of nudists?

Interesting item and thanks for sharing.

Maybe she is not completely naked. Maybe her top blew away in the breeze. :dontknow: :laughing9:
 

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I swear she looks as if she is being arrested for being topless on a beach.
 

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The ANCHOR – This was once a “concealed” symbol when the cross itself could not be depicted openly for fear by Christians of persecution by non-believers. For the first three centuries after the resurrection of Christ, the anchor became a symbol for the faithful. This symbol represented to many how and where their life was anchored in their faith.

http://hihihehehaha.blogspot.com/2007/12/symbols-often-seen-at-christmas.html


The central figure is Tiamat, a fertility goddess who gave birth to the eleven guardian monsters that surround her.

http://www.freewebs.com/cosmologies/ancientmideast.htm

This was the best I could come up with, this picture is way more detailed then the pin but the arms in the air and the crossed legs look very similar. I still have no clue what the QTC would stand for.

Charlie
 

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OK here is what we have so far. The mysterious naked lady is:

1- a warning to sailors overseas
2- a campfire girl singing the song "hands up"
3- a prostitute being detained.
4- a surrendering naked woman, designed by a Navy suitor sending a clever, provocative, and humorous message
5- a fertility effigy
6- a nudist from a secret 20's society
7- an Egyptian.
8- a lady on the beach who's top blew away in the breeze, waving for assistance (help, help I lost my bra!)
9- a nudist being arrested on the beach.
10- the Babylonian goddess Tiamat who gave birth to the eleven monsters

Did I miss any?
And your Mom doesn't believe that you can find out what it is by using the Internet. ::) :laughing9:
I guess you showed her. :D :tard:
 

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Gee whiz, bigcypresshunter, I guess I HAVE to mark this one as "Solved," now. Thanks. :hello2:
 

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Okay, here's my take on your pin: I think Q T C stands for Quarter Ton Class, which is a class for boating competitions and explains the anchor. The pin was probably one that was given away as one of the prizes or either for sale at the competition. The woman on the pin could have represented the boat's figurehead. Often figurehead women were busty, lots of cleavage, and some nude. She could even be a take off on Nannie Dee in the poem Tam o' Shanter. Nannie Dee was the figurehead on the Cutty Shark. Now, go hug your Mom and ask her if this pin was won in a boating competition. Of course, if your Mom wore this 'trophy pin,' she would have been the envy of the other girls in school. ;D Breezie
 

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Breezie: I can believe that someone else might have won it and given it away. Also, Mom remembers that it was her mother's pins.

from Planoite:
But what gets me is the nude form and the non-fouled anchor...
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Why does the non-fouled anchor seem interesting? I looked it up, but wanted your take.
 

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AtochaFan said:
from Planoite:
But what gets me is the nude form and the non-fouled anchor...
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Why does the non-fouled anchor seem interesting? I looked it up, but wanted your take.
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A fouled anchor is used by the US Navy and Britsh. . Because the anchor is non-fouled its not USA Navy.
http://fouledanchor.org/ This makes Breezies theory plausible. A yacht or sailing club may not be using a fouled anchor.
 

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bigcypresshunter said:
AtochaFan said:
from Planoite:
But what gets me is the nude form and the non-fouled anchor...
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Why does the non-fouled anchor seem interesting? I looked it up, but wanted your take.
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A fouled anchor is used by the US Navy and Britsh. . Because the anchor is non-fouled its not USA Navy.
http://fouledanchor.org/ This makes Breezies theory plausible. A yacht or sailing club may not be using a fouled anchor.
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Amen! I couldn't have said it better; thanks BCH. :thumbsup: Breezie

A-Fan, Now all you have to do is know a few more things: #1 Where did your GrandMother live during the time she would have attended a boating competition. #2 Guesstimate the date. #3 Research the boating/yachting games in that area (or near area or a place she would have vacationed) during that time.
 

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Breezie said:
Okay, here's my take on your pin: I think Q T C stands for Quarter Ton Class, which is a class for boating competitions and explains the anchor. The pin was probably one that was given away as one of the prizes or either for sale at the competition. The woman on the pin could have represented the boat's figurehead. Often figurehead women were busty, lots of cleavage, and some nude. She could even be a take off on Nannie Dee in the poem Tam o' Shanter. Nannie Dee was the figurehead on the Cutty Shark. Now, go hug your Mom and ask her if this pin was won in a boating competition. Of course, if your Mom wore this 'trophy pin,' she would have been the envy of the other girls in school. ;D Breezie
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I searched for any prize, trophy or QTC jewelry but so far cant find anything but I think its a good theory.
It would explain the non-fouled anchor.

Looking at the topless woman, it appears she is sitting on the bow of a sailing ship or yacht with her hands up in the breeze enjoying an exhilarating moment of freedom. :icon_thumright: :icon_sunny:

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#1 Where did your GrandMother live during the time she would have attended a boating competition. #2 Guesstimate the date. #3 Research the boating/yachting games in that area (or near area or a place she would have vacationed) during that time.
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But, but, whoever gave these pins to my Grandmother could have come from anywhere!

Well, here goes: Grandmother lived in Timpson, Shelby County, Texas from when she was born in 1902 to about 1911 when the family moved to Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. The family took several trips from there to California to visit various relatives, I believe mostly around Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. She met my Grandfather in Amarillo, but he followed her to Los Angeles where they were married. They lived in Amarillo until 1928, when they moved to Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. They lived there until they moved in 1939 to Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
 

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My best guesstimate would be a regatta or some other boat competition held at the Bay since Corpus Christi has such a large, historical marina. At any rate, at least we all know more today than we did yesterday, about this or something else! LOL :laughing7: Breezie
 

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