SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European milk bottle carrier which are of just the

which are of just the sort that I really love

Oscar and Elmer we learn on the reverse)-- two in motion

and a huge one

The yellow clay bottom points to it being from Ohio

but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self-soothing gesture this carving articulates

SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European milk bottle carrier which are of just theI've looked at a fair amount of hair work, but I've never seen a piece of hairwork jewelry (maybe better to call it hair work lace?) as ornate as this one, which I am guessing was likely made as a collar, with one side clearly the face (front). It appears to me hair from at least three different people was incorporated blonde, brown and black with thread matching the shade of the brown hair used for structure and securing. I can't even imagine the