SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European milk bottle carrier with each of the eggs

with each of the eggs but for the largest one hand-decorated

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

Really a fun piece

but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self-soothing gesture this carving articulates

SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European milk bottle carrier with each of the eggsI'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