A lovely find for sure, we just adore this Antique Gold-Filled Chatelaine Pencil Necklace. Charmed by its nostalgic allure, this mechanical pencil would have been used as a diary pencil or hung from a chatelaine to always be at the ready. The pencil’s gleaming, faceted stem is finished with an ornate twist off top dressed with a ruby red capstone. Removing the top, reveals the pencil's writing graphite storage chamber. 

Rich with historic romance, the petite pencil adorns a delicate, gold fill chain finished with a sterling silver clasp. With a sweet fashion all its own, this captivating antique necklace is at your service even still, sure to share its certain loveliness for time to come.

Strictly one-of-a-kind and subject to prior sale. Circa 1880. 32" chain, Pencil measures 2.5" extended.

Learn More About Chatelaines

A chatelaine is a decorative belt hook or clasp worn at the waist with a series of short chains suspended from it. Each chain would have been mounted with useful household appendages such as scissors, thimbles, watches, keys, pencils, smelling salts and household seals. Today, chatelaines are commonly thought of as part of a well-prepared Victorian woman's dress, but they were actually used by both men and women. 

The name chatelaine is from the French word châtelaine and means "mistress of a chateau".