Chatelaine perfume flask of engraved metal
- Title
- Chatelaine perfume flask of engraved metal
- LC Subject
- accessories (object genre)
- Donor
- Gill, P. C., Mrs. Gill, Percy Margaret
- Description
- Chatelaine perfume flask of engraved metal; round shaped flask has a 6-petal flower in the center of a 6-pointed star (Star of David) with lines overlapping; metal filigree shapes at bottom and at top; top has attached metal chain with hook at top; bottle has a screw-on dip stick with a Hamsa hand with no eye in middle; Hand of Fatima; long stick goes to the bottom of the vessel.
- Motif
- Star of David Hamsa hand Hand of Fatima Flower
- Work Type
- chatelaines (clothing accessories)
- Location
- Europe >> Earth United States
- Date
- 1880/1889
- Identifier
- 1900.007.009
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Metal
- Technique
- Engraved metal Perfume bottle Flask Container
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Chatelaine was popular from 1800 to c.1915, but it was immensely popular c.1880. Because it is believed to be Victorian sterling, I have put the limit from 1880 to 1900.
