Chatelaine, Etruria, ca. 1780-1800

Chatelaine in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 414:1296-1885), made in Etruria, dated ca. 1780-1800. The museum's brief description reads: Chatelaine of blue jasperware and cut-steel beads with a plaque and pendants, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., Etruria, ca.

1780-1800.. Museum description: Chatelaine of blue jasperware and cut-steel beads with a plaque and pendants. The jasper beads have white relief foliations. The pendants, which comprise of a small breloque in the form of an onyx cup, and another in the form of a stylised female head in silver, and the letter G in silver on foil covered with a heart-shaped amethyst glass crowned and set in cut-steel, hang from an octagonal blue jasper plaque with a relief in white cameo of a seated woman mourning beside a torso and helm.

The museum records it as Blue jasperware, silver, cut-steel beads and glass, and white relief decoration, measuring Length 35 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.