GEORGIAN Solid SILVER Chatelaine Knitting Needle Holders Figural Ladies Boots

Description

ABOUT:
Interesting figural late Georgian to Early Victorian Solid silver chatelaine knitting needle holders on chain.  The holders are in the form of ladies boots (one is a bit rippled), in period appropriate form, decorated on all sides with a figural 3D lifelike design. Would make a very interesting pendant, or chatelaine piece, and could also be filled with a small cushion to serve as pin cushions / sewing needle holders.
Each boot is about 1 3/4 inches tall.  Stretched end to end it is about 11 3/4 inches long, but please note there is no clasp to open the chain and it is too small to slip over the head.  I can ask my husband to open the chain and try to attach a clasp to be worn around the neck but I did not want to edit it from its original form.
MARKS:
Tests as solid silver.  There are hallmarks on each loop of each boot, but they have worn from age so I could not make them out.
IMPORTANT CONDITION NOTES:
Please note that all my pieces are pre-owned with some age to them so they are in estate condition.  One of the boots was damaged, it has no holes but quite a lot of crinkles and wrinkles where the silver was pinched together.  That boot also has a nick to the rim.  So please look for that in photos.  The other boot is perfect. Some faint surface wear and scratching from use and polishing over the years but the designs are nice. A few areas of stubborn tarnish.
But Please note that due to age this piece is not in mint condition, especially considering the crinkled boot.
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