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ANTIQUE early Victorian cut steel sewing chatelaine with 7 implements

ANTIQUE early Victorian cut steel sewing chatelaine with 7 implements, 16″ total length.  The top hook portion, which is 2-1/2″ by 2-1/3″, is cut steel and is in excellent shiny condition with a wheat, heart and scrolls design.  The implements include an antique key; a very special scissors with a fitted case, including a small … Continue reading “ANTIQUE early Victorian cut steel sewing chatelaine with 7 implements”

ANTIQUE Victorian cut steel chatelaine and tools including a wonderful British Book of Prayer

ANTIQUE Victorian cut steel chatelaine and tools including a wonderful British Book of Prayer with a silver “IHS” for “in Hoc Signo” or “In This Name” applied to the front, and those initials are often seen on memorial pieces.  It is hallmarked with a lion and the tiger head for London and sterling, and a … Continue reading “ANTIQUE Victorian cut steel chatelaine and tools including a wonderful British Book of Prayer”

CHATELAINE Victorian antique sterling silver chatelaine with an Asian or Japonesque style fan top and five different tools, 1888

CHATELAINE Victorian antique sterling silver chatelaine with an Asian or Japonesque style fan top and five different tools.  The fan top has a flowers and leaves design on the front and on the back it is marked for the maker “CB” for Charles Boyton, London, sterling and the letter “N” for 1888, “F” in in … Continue reading “CHATELAINE Victorian antique sterling silver chatelaine with an Asian or Japonesque style fan top and five different tools, 1888”

VICTORIAN six-pointed star, an amazing 4″ wide paste star brooch in sterling silver. It is heavy has an unusual blunt-ended pin

VICTORIAN six-pointed star, an amazing 4″ wide paste star brooch in sterling silver.  It is heavy has an unusual blunt-ended pin (see the photo of the back), so must have been worn either as a buckle or on a loosely woven fabric.  I have worn it on a chain and through a button hole, as … Continue reading “VICTORIAN six-pointed star, an amazing 4″ wide paste star brooch in sterling silver. It is heavy has an unusual blunt-ended pin”

VICTORIAN sterling silver brooch with embossed lady in a garden of flowers, punched star mark and the words “sterling front” on the back

VICTORIAN sterling silver brooch with embossed lady in a garden of flowers, punched star mark and the words “sterling front” on the back, 2-1/2″ by 1-3/4″.  Her lovely dress swirls into the scroll designs around the edges, she holds a flower and there is a garden of flowers behind her, and she is wearing a … Continue reading “VICTORIAN sterling silver brooch with embossed lady in a garden of flowers, punched star mark and the words “sterling front” on the back”

VICTORIAN sterling silver embossed Gibson girl with a golf club, an unusual lady’s sports motif brooch, with a pierced star mark on back

VICTORIAN sterling silver embossed Gibson girl with a golf club, an unusual lady’s sports motif brooch, with a pierced star mark on back, 2-1/4″.  The beautifully embossed front side is edged with maple leaves and the lady is wearing the typical hair do, blouse, and men’s style tie.  This was probably made in between 1890 … Continue reading “VICTORIAN sterling silver embossed Gibson girl with a golf club, an unusual lady’s sports motif brooch, with a pierced star mark on back”

VICTORIAN Whitby jet earrings

VICTORIAN Whitby jet earrings, hand carved 3-pieces with a very unusual design, jet portion 1-1/2″ and total length 1-7/8″.  These are rare, complete with original Victorian fittings just as they were made circa 1880.  We bought them while visiting Whitby with the authors of the two books about jet jewelry, and we were delighted to … Continue reading “VICTORIAN Whitby jet earrings”

VICTORIAN Whitby jet earrings with hand carved balls within circles

VICTORIAN Whitby jet earrings with hand carved balls within circles, total length 1-7/8″, length of jet portion 1-1/3″.  These are rare, complete with the original Victorian fittings just as they were made circa 1880.  We bought them while visiting Whitby with the authors of the book about jet jewelry, and were delighted to get them. … Continue reading “VICTORIAN Whitby jet earrings with hand carved balls within circles”