Description: This stunning piece of art ( Tibetan? Afghani?) deserves to be in a museum. In my experience of testing silver, this one tests a vibrant, almost iridescent blue with the 18k acid test...could be 950 Silver. BOTH sides of this chatelaine are intricately designed. Hours upon hours of painstaking work has been performed on this piece. Dating from research puts it in the late 19th century. Photos show all measurements. One turquoise stone is missing from one of the utensils. Utensils consist of: an ear scoop, tweezer and a pick. There is also one dangle chain ball missing with another ball missing it's adornment. Please see all photos for condition. Feel free to contact me for any questions. History of the chatelaine: For whatever the reason, womens clothing has not always had pockets. The tiny, unusable pocketsor, gasp, fake pocketswe find on our pants today are not just a modern problem. If there was a pocket to be had, it was usually a separate pouch tucked inconveniently under a dress, hidden somewhere in layers of petticoats or chemise and near unreachable. Eventually someone clever started sewing pockets right into clothes, but, of course, only mens clothes. So, innovative ladies came up with a solution: the chatelaine. Coming from the French word of the same spelling, thechtelainewas the mistress or lady of the castle. Its roots come from the Latin wordcastellanusfrom which also derives the word castellan, the keeper of the castle, the one who holds the keys. It makes sense, then, that the chatelaine is an ornamental key chain, with extra hooks for other necessary things, scissors, purses, seals and watches. Women would hang a chatelaine from their belt to keep their worldly possessions close at hand. Women of ancient Rome and the Roman empire wore a similar set of chains with hooks for toiletries, such as tweezers, nail cleaners and the like. Similar devices were seen in China and Tibet, with all the necessary items a woman might need for grooming.
Price: 300 USD
Location: Rathdrum, Idaho
End Time: 2024-12-11T04:50:45.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Origin: Afghanistan
Color: Silver
Style: Antique
Original/Reproduction: Original
Maker: unknown
Age: 1850-1899
