This gold tone pin is big, about three inches across. I haven’t come across a lot of very big pieces by Sherman and they tend to be prized by collectors for this reason.

Sherman is known for his use of marquise rhinestones and they give a great sense of movement and undulation here. Finish is aurora borealis, invented in 1955 by Swarovski in collaboration with Christian Dior, and giving a mirrored look to those stones. I’d date this to the late 1950s, early 1960s but as Sherman frequently reissued designs, it’s hard to really know. I’ve seen things I would have sworn would be 50s with a 1970s provenance so there is no real answer unless you’re lucky enough to either know the original buyer or have an original receipt.