SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European milk bottle carrier But what additionally makes it

But what additionally makes it for me though is how wonderfully the black ground makes the portrait pop

but it's such a compelling image I think the flaws pretty much fall away

which are of just the sort that I really love

Paper size 19 3/8" x 13 3/8"

And then this great waif of a woman with crossed arms and pointed feet

SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European milk bottle carrier But what additionally makes itI've looked at a fair amount of hair work, but I've never seen a piece of hairwork jewelry (maybe better to call it hair work lace?) as ornate as this one, which I am guessing was likely made as a collar, with one side clearly the face (front). It appears to me hair from at least three different people was incorporated blonde, brown and black with thread matching the shade of the brown hair used for structure and securing. I can't even imagine the