Chatelaine

A relic with a story still unfolding.

This pendant began life as an antique sterling silver chatelaine — a 19th-century essential worn at a woman’s waist to carry her tiny tools, keys, or secret keepsakes. Its original fleur-de-lis embellishments and stamped hallmarks remain, clues to its craftsmanship and the world it once moved through.

Now transformed into a modern necklace, it still opens — a small gesture that feels like lifting the lid on another time. Smooth, weighty, and quietly dramatic, it whispers of the lives it’s touched while inviting its next chapter to be written by the wearer. A piece of history with just enough mystery to keep people wondering.