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August 28, 2025: Summer Americana - Day 2

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  • Sewing
Lot 1260

VICTORIAN / ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER SEWING CHATELAINE WITH APPENDAGES

Estimate: $100 - $200
Current Bid
$50

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

VICTORIAN / ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER SEWING CHATELAINE WITH APPENDAGES, chatelaine brooch/hook with scroll and flower decoration, featuring center with engraved "FdeY" initials and a pin fastener to back, having five attached chains with five associated appendages, comprising a sterling-topped strawberry-form emery, a pincushion with unmarked silver sides, and three marked sterling pieces of a needle case, a ribbon threader / bodkin with engraved decoration by Unger Bros. of Newark, NJ (active 1880-1919), and a bodkin by Simons, Bro. & Co. of Philadelphia, PA. Most pieces marked "STERLING", some with maker's marks. Total weight excluding emery and pincushion appendages: 1.255 ozt. Late 19th/early 20th century. 8 1/2" LOA; chatelaine brooch/hook 3" x 2 1/4" OA.

Condition

Very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and nicks; chatelaine brooch / hook with dent to center and having possibly one or a few repairs to border scrolls; emery with some bending to top and covering having tears/holes and stains; pincushion with losses to velvet pile; needlecase with a few minute dents; ribbon threader/bodkin with slight bending.

Provenance

The estate collection of Larry and Virginia C. Pierson, College Station, TX.

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