EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE (graduate's badge) - a vintage enamel badge awarded with certificate (1930's to 1950's)

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For sale is an enamel badge issued by the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science to students who successfully graduated. This badge would originally have accompanied the graduate's certificate. The badge shows the college's crest and Latin motto PRO ARTE DOMUS, which could loosely translates as 'For Home Art'.

The college was an all-women's institute established in 1875 as the 'Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy' with the aims of improving women’s access to higher education and improving the diets of working class families. In addition to cookery, the college also taught other "home-making" skills such as sewing. In 1930 the college changed its name to the 'Edinburgh College of Domestic Science' and by the 1970's had become part of the Queen Margaret University.

https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/auld-reekie-retold-atholl-crescent-edinburgh-college-domestic-science-helps-us-cook-past

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Margaret_University

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 11/16" x 1" (18mm x 26mm).
Material(s): brass metal with 4 enamels.
Finish: tin or nickel plating.
Fitting: pin.
Imprint: J. R. GAUNT LONDON
Approximate age: 1930's to 1950's.

CONDITION:
Good condition. No damage. Pin in working order. Some wear to silver-coloured plating on its front side.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

POSTAGE:
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RETURNS:
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