Victorian French Brass Filigree Chatelaine Solitaire ladies bedazzled their coiffures and

ladies bedazzled their coiffures and their attire with these treasured bugs

-- EB White

Whitby jet is a delicate stone and is prone to scratches

much like a crescent moon eventually turning full

then I don't know what is

Victorian French Brass Filigree Chatelaine Solitaire ladies bedazzled their coiffures andIn 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.