Chatelaine

Title: Chatelaine
Description: This chatelaine was greatly admired by the exhibition jury and won a Prize Medal. Their report commented: “ a beautiful chatelaine, entirely of wrought steel: it is composed of twelve pieces, adjusted with extreme care, and covered with faceted ornaments; several of the pieces, such as the étui, the key, the tablets and the almanack, have required very long and skilful work and twelve months were required to complete this chatelaine. It was made entirely in London, and not a single piece of it was stamped.”
Creator: Joseph Banks Durham (English, 1816–1899)
Created: 1850
Dimensions: 43 x 43 cm (17 x 17 inches)
Place: London, England See all items with this value
Style: Victorian See all items with this value
Material: steel See all items with this value
Parts: patch knife See all items with this value; scissors See all items with this value; thimble case See all items with this value; keys See all items with this value; writing tablet See all items with this value; letter opener See all items with this value; tweezers See all items with this value; etui See all items with this value; bodkin See all items with this value; ear wax spoon See all items with this value
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum See all items with this value