Sash pins were worn in the late Victorian and Edwardian time periods, from the 1890's through the teens. This photo shows a lady wearing a buckle at her waist in the same position a sash pin would be worn.

As fashions moved from the heavier Victorian look, like this lovely lady with her bustle...

... and this lady wearing a sash pin at her waist...

... to the lighter weight Edwardian dresses with the "wasp-waist" emphasis like this...

...sash pins worn at the waist became even more popular.

  DRAGONFLY and poppy sash pin circa 1900.  See Romero's "Warman's Jewelry, Ed. 3" page 111.   View  #Q19163

SASH pin with unfoiled lavender and pale yellow rhinestones, 2-1/4". Maker's mark "GS" (George Steere)  on the back.   View   View   #i24436

    SASH pin with a serpent curling around an amethyst-colored rhinestone. It is 3" wide and has the older style c-clasp.   VIEW    #i16557

VICTORIAN silver sash brooch with citrine-colored beautifully faceted unfoiled center stone. Wonderful design and detail.   View   View   #i5723

     BELT and buckle in silver and gold tone 4" by 3-1/4" buckle with creatures motif, clear rhinestones, 4" by 3-1/4" buckle sewn onto a magnificently embroidered floral sash that is 25" by 3-1/3". This unusual buckle was cut from metals and then molded and etched with designs, really lovely.    View   View   View   View   #i24395

   KNOT sash brooch in the "lover's knot" design with garnet-colored stones.   View   #Q10047

      VICTORIAN buckle in antiques gold and silver tone, long ago converted to a brooch, 3".   View   #Y25957

  SASH hammered silver sash pin with blue cab, 2-1/3".   View   #i24856

BUCKLE in clear rhinestones, 3" circa 1900.  View   #i14737
 

CUPID  buckle, heavy with glued-on marquis rhinestones, 4-1/2". This would be heavy to actually wear, but is a great display piece!    View  #Y20930

    BUCKLE of clear rhinestones set in gold tone circa 1900, 2-2/8".  View   #i21856

       CHERRIES PIN 2-1/4" silver cherries pin with the older  c-clasp pin back… terrific patina on this!   SEE BACK    #i16119

   SILVER belt buckle with what looks like the figure of Moses and perhaps Peter repeated on each end, along with tiny faces worked into the design. Hallmarked with both a lower-case letter "a" on the tongue, and the profile of a helmeted warrior facing left on the back. It is 7" by 3".   View   View   View   View   View   

  WEBB sterling 2-1/4" by 3" sash pin engraved with the initials "LHS".   View   View   #i23218      

SASH PIN in gold tone…  leaves with an unusual faux pearl center, 3-1/4".   VIEW   #i13492

   KIRSCHENBAUM matte antiqued gold tone 6-1/2" belt buckle and 2-5/8" brooch.   View   View   #X23992

   EAGLES SASH PIN leaves and eagles decorate this 3-1/8" oval in gold tone sash pin …  now this *is* unusual!   View    #i17160

     SASH pin in the Art Nouveau style with faux seed pearls and purple rhinestones, 3" wide with the older c-clasp fastener.  VIEW   #i16461

    CHERUB hand painted painted cherub buckle, 2-1/2".  View   #i26388

  SASH pin with topaz-colored rhinestone, 2-1/8" by 1-1/2".  View     #i24758