Chatelaine, British, c1900

Silver

This chatelaine includes a pencil, a notebook with ivory slates instead of paper pages, a screw-top scent bottle, a hook, and a receptacle for a pair of now missing scissors. Shops such as Walter Thornhill & Co. on London’s New Bond Street supplied such useful accessories.

Accession Number: SHM.2011.M.12

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