Brooch or ???

[rmbutcher4]

Any help with this would be appreciated. Found this item yesterday and not sure what it is. Thanks for looking. HH

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

With the extra loops I was thinking it was more like one of many pieces to a choker style necklace or possibly a chain type of belt a lady would wear on a dress just an opinion not an I.D. very cool find.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

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I agree with what 'back of the boat' says about, "possibly a chain type of belt a lady would wear on a dress". More likely this was part of a Victorian era chatelaine.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]A chatelaine is a decorative belt hook or clasp worn at the waist with a series of chains suspended from it. Each chain is mounted with a useful household appendage such as scissors, thimble, watch, key, vinaigrette or a household seal. Many housekeepers wore chatelaines in the 19th century and in the 16th century Dutch Republic where they were typically used as watch chains for the most wealthy. Anglo Saxon women, as seen from the burial record also wore similar jewelry, but its function is uncertain. The name chatelaine derives from the French term châtelaine and was originally used disparagingly, as it referred to a device designed to have all the tools necessary for the woman of the household to sort out any problem she may encounter in her day, like a fraying curtain.[/FONT]
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Very nice find! [/FONT][FONT=&quot]
Dave [/FONT]

 

[surf]

I'm voting half a cloak or sweater clasp:

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[artemis moon]

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I agree with what 'back of the boat' says about, "possibly a chain type of belt a lady would wear on a dress". More likely this was part of a Victorian era chatelaine.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]A chatelaine is a decorative belt hook or clasp worn at the waist with a series of chains suspended from it. Each chain is mounted with a useful household appendage such as scissors, thimble, watch, key, vinaigrette or a household seal. Many housekeepers wore chatelaines in the 19th century and in the 16th century Dutch Republic where they were typically used as watch chains for the most wealthy. Anglo Saxon women, as seen from the burial record also wore similar jewelry, but its function is uncertain. The name chatelaine derives from the French term châtelaine and was originally used disparagingly, as it referred to a device designed to have all the tools necessary for the woman of the household to sort out any problem she may encounter in her day, like a fraying curtain.[/FONT]
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Very nice find! [/FONT][FONT=&quot]
Dave [/FONT]

Sort of like the Leatherman of it's day!