{"product_id":"15-carat-bicycle-pin","title":"15 Carat Bicycle Pin","description":"\u003cp\u003eA solid fifteen carat gold pin featuring a beautifully hand-made bicycle. The quality and make of this pin, or brooch, is second to none. It almost allows you to climb aboard and ride off into the sunset! Highly detailed and finished it is a mini marvel with hand pinned wheels that move freely and cleanly still today over one hundred years on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the 20th century, the bicycle became far more than a means of transport. It offered something newly valuable: independent movement. For the first time, ordinary people could travel beyond the limits of foot, horse, or timetable with relative ease, modest cost, and complete control over their own direction. Distance began to feel smaller, and daily life became wider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ii gt adO\" id=\":23y\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a3s aiL\" id=\":23z\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"avWBGd-191\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor women in particular, the bicycle carried a deeper significance. It provided practical mobility at a moment when personal freedom was still heavily prescribed. A bicycle allowed one to move unaccompanied, to choose one’s route, and to occupy public space with new confidence. It is no coincidence that the bicycle became closely associated with changing dress, changing habits, and changing expectations. As society modernized, two wheels often arrived first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts influence reached well beyond the road. The bicycle encouraged mechanical literacy, leisure travel, courtship, commerce, and a growing sense that movement need not depend on wealth or status. In that sense, it was one of the quiet revolutions of its age: elegant in form, democratic in purpose, and transformative in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WhmR8e\" data-hash=\"0\" id=\"avWBGd-192\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis style of bicycle captured in this pin is a ladies frame complete with chain guard and extended and beautifully adorned real wheel mud guard. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBy 1915, the distinction between a ladies’ bicycle and a men’s was less about mechanics and more about the conventions of the day. The principal difference lay in the frame. Men’s bicycles typically employed the diamond frame, with a straight top tube that offered maximum strength and rigidity. Ladies’ bicycles were built with a lowered or open frame, allowing the rider to mount and dismount more easily while wearing skirts or dresses, still the accepted dress of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the frame, the two were often mechanically similar. Wheel size, chain drive, braking systems, and upright riding posture changed little between them. Ladies’ models, however, were often fitted with practical additions such as chain guards and rear dress guards to protect garments from oil, fabric snags, or spokes. These details were not decorative afterthoughts, but considered necessities for daily use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeen now, the 1915 ladies’ bicycle offers a clear view into its era. It reflects a moment when personal mobility was expanding, yet still shaped by social expectations. The machine itself remained modern and capable, even as its form was asked to accommodate the customs of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular pin can be worn through a scarf, or lapel and would add a eye catching talking point look to any outfit.  There is a P. Pending mark on the chain guard meaning the design of the pin was submitted the English patent office. The pin is marked engraved \"15ct\" on the back, which is a standard of gold used in England and finally phased out in 1932 as either nine or eighteen carat became the more used standards. This therefore dates the piece to around the turn of the 20th Century.  It is in wonderful condition, untouched, and ready to be enjoyed. The pin measures one and a half inches across and around an inch tall. It is in fabulous original condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foundwell","offers":[{"title":"1.5 \/ 1","offer_id":46684712239294,"sku":"FWMJ2332","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/2617\/files\/0003-1_2bc0a9d3-e148-483c-a481-602f4aa0f6b2.jpg?v=1777341874","url":"https:\/\/foundwell.com\/products\/15-carat-bicycle-pin","provider":"Foundwell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}