Here is a pic of my chatelaine - mine more of a thing of a mabob holder with momentos than a functional chatelaine.
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You can see the top part of the chatelaine attaches to my apron when I do some historical camping. Then there are chains holding things that were gifted to me including a pin holder, a magnifying glass, a snuff holder, (it really used to hold snuff
) a whistle so I can call my son and some scissors. The snuff was a gift from the lady that used the snuff. I cleaned it out and put an old thimble in it. At one time it also had a key and a stitch ripper (not historical but someone bought it for me) If you do a google search for 'chatelaine' then look at images you can see all kinds of chatelaines. There are also chatelaines made to go around your neck. You will see them if you google search 'quilted chatelaine' then go to images.