{"title":"Antique Chatelaines","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew pieces of antique jewelry tell a story like a chatelaine. The word comes from the French \u003cem\u003echâtelaine\u003c\/em\u003e — the mistress of a great house, the keeper of its keys. The jewel named for her is a decorative clip or brooch worn at the waist, from which a series of short chains suspends the tools of daily life: keys, a watch, a pencil, a scent bottle, scissors, a needle case, a notebook. Before handbags, the chatelaine was how a woman carried her world — practical, personal, and made to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChatelaines appear in the eighteenth century in gold and cut steel, but the Victorian era was their golden age. As households grew larger and the housekeeper's role with them, the chatelaine became both equipment and status symbol, worked in hallmarked sterling silver with embossed and engraved decoration, or in gold for the lady of the house rather than her staff. By the later nineteenth century the form had stepped beyond the household: fashionable women wore chatelaines as jewelry in their own right, and the attachments grew more decorative — silver propelling pencils, embossed scent and perfume bottles, vinaigrettes, dance-card cases, and tiny mirrors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces that survive carry that double life in their details. A chatelaine perfume bottle in 14-karat gold and sterling silver — its cherub design titled \"Ricordo,\" Italian for \"I remember\" — turns a useful object into a keepsake. A sterling silver propelling pencil, made to hang from a chain and write the day's notes, shows the fine engineering of the period's silversmiths. Hallmarks on the clip, the chains, and each attachment record where and when the silver was assayed, and collectors read them the way others read signatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday chatelaines and their attachments are collected in their own right, worn as pendants and brooches, or kept as the small, ingenious machines they are. Royal Regency's chatelaine pieces are researched and hallmark-checked like everything we sell, and our guide, \"What Is a Chatelaine?\", traces the form's history in full for readers who want to go deeper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is a chatelaine used for?\u003c\/strong\u003e It holds the small essentials of the day — keys, a watch, a pencil, a scent bottle, scissors — each hanging from its own chain on a clip or brooch worn at the waist, so everything is carried in reach and in order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do people wear a chatelaine today?\u003c\/strong\u003e Attachments such as pencils, scent bottles, and lockets are often worn singly as pendants, complete chatelaines are pinned as brooches or clipped at a belt, and many collectors display them as the decorative objects they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does \"Ricordo\" mean on a chatelaine bottle?\u003c\/strong\u003e Ricordo is Italian for \"I remember\" or \"remembrance.\" The word appears on sentimental pieces of the period, marking the object as a keepsake — something carried to hold a person or a moment in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre chatelaine attachments interchangeable?\u003c\/strong\u003e Generally yes: each attachment hangs from a swivel clip or bolt ring, so pencils, bottles, and cases can be moved between chains. Original matched sets are the most prized, and listings at Royal Regency always state exactly which pieces are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrom Our Archive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chatelaines below have already been sold through Royal Regency. We keep them here as a record of the pieces we handle — each one researched and hallmark-checked before it was offered, in the same way as everything in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_8b1ca339-3ce8-4444-8d1b-48268ffef44e.jpg?v=1787175894\u0026amp;width=900\" alt=\"Victorian 14k gold and sterling silver chatelaine perfume bottle with repoussé cherub clip inscribed Ricordo, in its fitted case\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe “Ricordo” chatelaine scent bottle, Victorian, circa 1860s.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fourteen-karat gold and sterling silver; the repoussé cherub clip holds a cartouche inscribed \u003cem\u003eRicordo\u003c\/em\u003e — Italian for “remembrance” — and the pear-shaped scent bottle hangs from its own fine chain. It passed through our shop in its fitted presentation case by S. J. Shrubsole of London and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/chatelaine-1894-english-sterling-five-clip.jpg?v=1792511097\u0026amp;width=900\" alt=\"Complete English sterling silver chatelaine dated 1894 with five clips\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA complete English sterling silver chatelaine, 1894.\u003c\/strong\u003e Five clips on a six-and-a-half-inch chain set, made to carry a lady’s daily tools at her waist — the full, working form of the jewel this page is about. Sold through our Whatnot showroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/pencil-mirror-front.webp?v=1791300544\u0026amp;width=900\" alt=\"Antique sterling silver chatelaine propelling pencil with spiral-fluted hand-chased body\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSterling silver chatelaine propelling pencil.\u003c\/strong\u003e Spiral-fluted and hand-chased, telescoping from two and a half inches closed to four inches ready to write, with the oval loop that hung it from the chain. Sold through our Depop shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/chatelaine-1920s-tango-compact.jpg?v=1792511097\u0026amp;width=900\" alt=\"1920s gold-filled chatelaine tango compact\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 1920s chatelaine tango compact.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold-filled and made to hang from a chatelaine chain — the evening companion of its decade, when the chatelaine had long since become jewelry in its own right. Sold through our Whatnot showroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/chatelaine-victorian-watch-fob-chain.jpg?v=1792511098\u0026amp;width=900\" alt=\"Victorian German silver pocket-watch chatelaine and fob chain\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Victorian pocket-watch chatelaine and fob chain.\u003c\/strong\u003e Seventeen inches in German silver — a nickel alloy, silver in color rather than content, and a period staple for watch chains — made to carry a watch at the waist. Sold through our Whatnot showroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/chatelaine-arts-crafts-bar-brooch.jpg?v=1792511097\u0026amp;width=900\" alt=\"Arts and Crafts chatelaine bar brooch\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Arts \u0026amp; Crafts chatelaine bar brooch.\u003c\/strong\u003e The brooch form of the chatelaine, in the Arts \u0026amp; Crafts style — pinned at the waist or breast, with its attachments hung from the bar. Sold through our Whatnot showroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"magnificent-victorian-europe-14k-gold-sterling-silver-chatelaine-perfume-scent-bottle-belt-clip-ricordo-cherub","title":"壮麗なヴィクトリアンヨーロッパ 14金＆スターリングシルバー シャトレーン香水瓶ベルトクリップ —「リコルド」天使 —","description":"\u003cp\u003e1860年代頃のヴィクトリア朝ヨーロッパにおける最高峰の金細工の息をのむような実例です。この類まれなシャトレーヌ香水瓶は、あまりにも壮麗で精巧であったため、1902年にロンドンとニューヨークの伝説的な\u003cstrong\u003eS.J. Shrubsole Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003eによって美術館級のケースに収められました。S.J. Shrubsole Ltd.は、アンティーク銀器および宝飾業界で最も尊敬される企業の一つであり、特注ケースを必要とする美術館が頼りにする存在です。この作品は、専用のプレゼンテーションボックスに入って届けられます。これは、その並外れた保存状態と由来を物語る、珍しく重要なディテールです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eシャトレーヌクリップ\u003c\/strong\u003eは、レポゼ（打ち出し）と透かし彫りの金属細工の傑作です。中央には、星がちりばめられた透かし細工、渦巻くアカンサスの葉、花の冠で飾られた精巧な楕円形の枠の中に、\u003cstrong\u003e「RICORDO」\u003c\/strong\u003e（イタリア語で「思い出」または「記念品」の意）と刻まれたカルトゥーシュを持つケルビム（プットー）が特徴です。裏面も同様に洗練された透かし彫りの構造になっており、その製作者の並外れた技量を裏付けています。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e香水瓶\u003c\/strong\u003eは、繊細なリンクチェーンから吊り下げられており、それに劣らず壮観です。球根状の洋梨型の容器には、彫金された渦巻き模様のカルトゥーシュ、取り付けられたローズゴールドの葉飾り、そして肩にかけられた翼のある天使の像が施されています。ボトルネックにはダイヤモンドのモチーフが刻まれ、装飾的なストッパーで終わっています。特徴的なヴィクトリア朝のドラマ性を持つ爪足が底を支えています。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eスターリングシルバー\u003c\/strong\u003eと\u003cstrong\u003e14Kゴールド\u003c\/strong\u003eのツートーンパレット（クールなシルバーの地に対して温かみのあるローズゴールドのアクセントが効いている）の組み合わせは、素材のコントラストとロマンティックな象徴性を愛するヴィクトリア朝様式を典型的に表しています。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003e時代：\u003c\/strong\u003eヴィクトリア朝、1860年～1880年頃\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003e素材：\u003c\/strong\u003eスターリングシルバー、14Kゴールド、ローズゴールドのアクセント\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003e来歴：\u003c\/strong\u003eS.J. Shrubsole Ltd.、ロンドン＆ニューヨーク（オリジナルの専用箱付属）\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eモチーフ：\u003c\/strong\u003eケルビム\/プットー、「Ricordo」（思い出）、翼のある天使、アカンサスの渦巻き模様、星の透かし細工\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003e状態：\u003c\/strong\u003e年代と使用状況に相応しい状態。オリジナルの古色を維持。オリジナルのプレゼンテーションボックス付属。\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e箱の長さ 9インチ x 3.5インチ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e品物の長さ 7インチ x 2インチ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e箱なしの品物総重量 85グラム\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e熱心なヴィクトリア朝宝飾品または銀器コレクターにとって、唯一無二の品です。\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Regency Antique Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71163610693885,"sku":null,"price":3995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/victorian-chatelaine-cartier-style-v2.png?v=1788829067"}],"url":"https:\/\/royalregencyjewelry.com\/ja\/collections\/chatelaines.oembed","provider":"Royal Regency Antique Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}