Chunky Antique Silver Handcrafted Victorian Chain Necklace c. 1880 just like cat’s

just like cat’s

for he said

I thought she was just selling the box

Sometimes I pick up a piece or two on a whim

Chunky Antique Silver Handcrafted Victorian Chain Necklace c. 1880 just like cat’sIts amazing what jewelers used to be able to create with just a little bit of material. Collars like this one, hollow and meticulously hand crafted, were testimony to their immense skill. In the 1880s and through the turn of the century jewelers got better and better at making small amounts of metal into jewelry that even by todays standards can only be described as chunky. Nowadays pieces like this would be heavy affairs put together of links that