ANTIQUE HM SILVER CHATELAINE PENCIL CASE HOLDER~BIRMINGHAM 1903

AVAILABLE ONLY WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA...POST ANYWHERE IN SA.... R26

SOLID SILVER HALLMARKED EDWARDIAN PERIOD CHATELAINE PENCIL HOLDER. A CHATELAINE IS A BELT OFTEN OF SILVER WHICH A PARLOUR MAID WOULD HAVE WORN IN DAYS GONE BY. ON THE BELT VARIOUS SILVER OR PLATE ITEMS WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE BELT FOR USE BY THE MAID, LIKE THIMBLES, SCISSORS, PENCILS, WRITING PADS ETC. VERY DESIRABLE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE. QUITE VALUABLE TOO! THIS ONE HALL MARKED FOR BIRMINGHAM 1903, MAKERS AB&CO. BRITE CUT DESIGN. VGC, ONLY A COUPLE OF SLIGHT DENTS, BUT NO BREAKS, SPLITS OR REPAIRS. ORIGINAL PENCIL STILL INTACT, MOST UNUSUAL TO FIND AN ORIGINAL PENCIL. VALUE AROUND R500.

MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 9CM LONG. 

SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE BARGAIN ITEMS AND RARE COLLECTABLES.