Antique French Silver Watch Chain, Vintage French Silver Filigree Necklace filigree_watch_chain Hallmarked with a crab

Hallmarked with a crab

It has light loss of details from wear over time on the many hands it has graced

Antique pieces like this are just so charming

There is some light oxidation to the bottom of one sleeper as well as light denting to the back if the earrings which us not visible when worn

Antique French Silver Watch Chain, Vintage French Silver Filigree Necklace filigree_watch_chain Hallmarked with a crabThis Victorian Era beauty was almost certainly cut down from a longer long guard chain and is composed of 800 900 silver. Hallmarked along the silver links and clasps with a crab and boar's head, the clasps were added later and assayed in Paris while the chain links were assayed in a department. Despite the chain's age the links are in excellent condition and very strong. The alignment of the dog clip clasp is slightly off but despite this it closes