This lovely vintage styled pendant holds a Italian, gold plated stork scissors in it's pouch is right where you need if you are doing needlepoint, manicures, etc... The scissors measure 3.25" L and the pendants always have the fabric as shown, embellishment with vintage lace, accents and each is a one-of-a-kind.
This is a copyrighted design original to the Julie Lee Co, for Boutiques on the Avenue.
This lovely vintage styled pendant is modeled after the early Victorian Chatelaines which collected sewing utensils for needlepoint, scissors, keys, etc. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, both men and women would attach pouches to the most important feature of medieval garb: the girdle. Because pockets would not be invented for several hundred more years, wearers would also attach other valuables to their girdle, such as a rosary, Book of Hours, pomanders (scented oranges), chatelaines (a clasp or chain to suspend keys, sewing articles, scissors, etc.), and even daggers (Wilcox 1999). The drawstring purse would hang from the girdle on a long cord and would vary according to the fashion, status, and lifestyle of the wearer. Women particularly favored ornate drawstring purses which were known as “hamondeys” or “tasques” (Foster 1982).
Medieval purses were not strictly used for carrying money, but were also associated with marriage and betrothal, often depicting embroidered love stories. Purses, known as “chaneries,” were also used for gaming or for holding food for falcons. Ecclesiastical purses were highly significant and were used to hold relics or corporals (line cloth used in mass). The most important bag at this time was the Seal Bag which was made for the Keeper of the Great Seal, later known as the Lord Chancellor (Wilcox 1999).
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