Victorian Arthur Elwell Spurrier & Co. Chatelaine Hook with Sterling Tools Brush and sold fine and costume

and sold fine and costume jewelry directly to independent jewelers

these indicators were rarely marked

Measurements: 4 1/2" x 3"

Materials: Sterling silver and electroplated nickel silver

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Victorian Arthur Elwell Spurrier & Co. Chatelaine Hook with Sterling Tools Brush and sold fine and costumeIn the days when your pockets were buried under layers of cumbersome fabric (if you had pockets at all), women took a more fashionable approach to keeping their daily tools and necessities quickly accessible by wearing a chatelaine! A more aesthetically pleasing take on today's Swiss Army Knife, a chatelaine is a decorative hook that is worn over a belt or waist sash. Dangling from the hook are a series of chains suspending varied household tools.