Silver alloy dance chatelaine with a round medallion featuring a portrait of Charles I Stuart after Van Dyck

Silver-plated metal dance chatelaine with a belt clip and a round medallion featuring a Van Dyck-inspired portrait of Charles I Stuart and the words “Hony Soit Qui mal y Pense,” the motto of the British Order of the Garter. Two black-painted wooden drops hang from it. Three accessories are included: a memo pad, a retractable pencil, and a perfume bottle with a hinged lid, glass inner vial, and stopper.
Period
Victorian

Country

England, 1880 ca

Material

metal

Size

6 cm

COD.

540

Labels

antique scent bottles

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