Chatelaine
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal and bone
Measurements
390 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669990
Summary
A metal chatelaine. It has an ornate top part which has a hook at the back which could be slipped over a belt. Hanging from this are six long chains and on the ends of these chains are respectively a set of cream coloured hard leaves for making notes in metal covers, a thimble in a bucket, a corkscrew, a pair of scissors, a key and a button hook and a bodkin sheathed in another corkscrew.