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Search Results for: lorgnettVICTORIAN antique 1850 cut steel sewing chatelaine with 7 implementsVICTORIAN antique 1850 cut steel sewing chatelaine with 7 implements, 16-1/2″ total length. The implements include a key, scissors with case, tiny corkscrew, aide memoire, sewing awl and round pin holder. This is in as nearly perfect condition as I have ever seen for it’s kind and age, Victorian circa 1850. For years, ladies wore … Continue reading “VICTORIAN antique 1850 cut steel sewing chatelaine with 7 implements” R. BLACKINTON & Company sterling glasses case & pince nez glassesR. BLACKINTON & Company sterling glasses case and pince nez glasses with the initials “CJM” on the front and an absolutely beautiful design of flowers and scrolls on both the front and the back. It is marked “sterling 2721″ on the inside lower rim, as well as a maker’s mark for R Blackinton & Company, … Continue reading “R. BLACKINTON & Company sterling glasses case & pince nez glasses” VICTORIAN 1800s antique cut steel lady’s sewing chatelaineVICTORIAN antique 1800s cut steel sewing chatelaine with a 2-5/8″ top and 7-1/2″ to 10″ long chains, a 1-1/2″ pin cushion with 2 hand-made pins, 2-1/2″ pencil, 1-3/4″ whistle, 1-5/8″ wax, and 1-1/8″ glove hook/corkscrew for getting corks out of perfume bottles, 7/8″ measuring tape that winds in as it should and a notebook with … Continue reading “VICTORIAN 1800s antique cut steel lady’s sewing chatelaine” VICTORIAN steel sewing chatelaineVICTORIAN steel sewing chatelaine with a 2″ horse shoe clip, 16″ total length, with a flip-out glove hook 1-5/8″; thimble bucket 1-1/4″; needle box 2-5/8″. Chatelaines might be comprised of items all used for one task, like sewing, for instance, or combined with various items that suited the wearer. Some were matching sets and others … Continue reading “VICTORIAN steel sewing chatelaine” CHATELAINE golden matte finish Victorian chatelaineCHATELAINE matte finished gold filled Victorian chatelaine with initials “AIE” for “Amity, Eternity and Infinity” on this very unusual set. It includes a belt clip 2-7/8″; three beaded chains 5″; compass (glass cracked on top) 1″; locket 1-3/4″; knife 2″. Circa 1890. Chatelaines were made for both utilitarian and decorative uses and this is a particularly lovely one. View View View … Continue reading “CHATELAINE golden matte finish Victorian chatelaine” |
