Eight Carved Whimsy Chains Plus Ball in Cage antique clothes pin super elegant

super elegant

presence and absence--and that little puppy is pretty great

I find these very very old hand-cut playing cards heartbreakingly beautiful

The lining is in very good shape

you could wear this one as a necklace

Eight Carved Whimsy Chains Plus Ball in Cage antique clothes pin super elegantI thought about listing these carved chains individually, but as I started photographing them it becomes clear that they are really best all as a group, feeling quite luxurious piled up together, kind of like the feeling I get seeing giant vats of richly colored spices, which you just want to run your fingers through! Pretty clearly carved by the same person, I suppose it is possible that these were all part of one continuous chain which at some point