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       ANTIQUE early Victorian cut steel sewing chatelaine with 7 implementsThis is in as nearly perfect condition as I have ever seen for it's type and age, early Victorian. For years, ladies wore necessary and useful implements clasped to the waist of their dresses on chatelaines like this one because clothing was not made with pockets for carrying such items. They were usually worn suspended from a clip or large brooch with chains and hooks to hold the various implements, although later chatelaines could be worn suspended on a finger ring, like a dance chatelaine for instance. Fashioned of both precious and non-precious metals, they could be extremely simple or ornamented with embossed work, pierced work and gem stones. They were fashioned in a wide variety of materials: gold, sterling, gold washed, cut steel and enameled and jeweled. A similar cut steel chatelaine can be seen in the book "Jewels & Jewelry" by Clare Phillips on page 65 and in "Chatelaine" by Cummin and Taunton, page 198-9. View View View View View View View Product #36345 All items in excellent vintage condition unless otherwise noted.
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