The Collection

"Behold this equipage by MATHERS wrought
With fifty guineas (a great pen'orth!) bought!
See on the tooth-pick MARS and CUPID strive,
And both the struggling figures seem to liue.
Upon the bottom see the Queen's bright face;
A myrtle foliage round the thimble case;
JOVE, JOVE himself does on the scissars shine,
The metal and the workmanship divine "

  • A Silver Chatelaine with Queen-Stitch Pin Ball

    Chatelaine hook engraved with the initials "S.C.P.", with a silver-banded Queen-stitch pin ball and pair of scissors.

  • Chatelaine

    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.”

  • Chatelaine

    This chatelaine holds a pair of scissors (the upper part of the legs with silver sirats), a heart-shaped pincushion covered with red flowered silk, as well as a medallion-shaped object (probably for a magnifying glass - the middle part is missing).

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