A lady came into our store...

A lady came into our store offering us an antique silver chain. She knew it was antique because she had a dated picture of her grandmother wearing it. She showed us the picture, and indeed, when looking at the picture through our jeweller's loupe, we saw the same chain. The back of the picture listed the dates 1911, 1912, and 1913.

Normally, we do not deal in silver jewellery, but this is so much more than "just jewellery". This is what our trade is all about—the link between us and our ancestors documented in a dated picture. The lady sold us the chain along with the picture, and we are proud to offer it here among our gold, platinum, and diamond jewellery. The combination of an antique photograph with the original chain depicted on it is truly unique!

When looking closely at the picture, we see a young woman with the, in those days, fashionable wasp waist and sautoir (long chain). The tightly bound wasp waist was the ultimate standard of feminine beauty. Although average waist measurements varied between 50 and 58 cm (20 and 23 inches), women tortured themselves with special corsets to achieve measurements between 40 and 45 cm (16 to 18 inches).

We can also recognise the name tag she is wearing on her dress; Catherine. We do not think that Granny Catherine would have ever imagined that people would still be speaking about her 100 years later.

Click here to get to the descriptive page of this chain.

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