1940s - 1950s Chatelaine

Hands Double Brooch

Hands Holding Pearl Pin

Features:

- one large hand holding a large pearl

- other pin is two hands holding pearls

- aqua colored rhinestones accenting a ruffled cuff

- chatelaine chain connecting both pin brooches

- C style safety clasp

- sold at one of the finest department stores in Washington D. C. at the time - Julius Garfinkle & Co

Closure - C style safety hinge clasp on each brooch

Material: metal, faux rhinestones, faux pearls

Decade: 1940s/1950s

Brand/Tags: no makers mark but quite similar to Coro hand chatelaines

Condition: Very good - metal has some light discoloration shown on edges of hands, 4 rhinestones have been replaced, one original rhinestone has been glued back, original glue has yellowed, nail polish on hands has come off lightly and is on one of the pearls from manufacturing, chain is not shiny like hand metal and a darker silver

Measurements:

Large hand - 2. 25" X 1. 25"

Smaller hands - 2" X .75"

When top chain pulled taunt brooch measures 7. 5" length X 3"