Reinvented Miser's Purse Necklace Creatures Marvellous vintage fold out opera

Marvellous vintage fold out opera glasses that are still in working order

A tin of vintage fishing lures has been a wonderful and unexpected find recently and it has given me lots of ideas for interesting necklaces

I must confess

A beautiful old English lock with key on a chunky brass effect chain

forms the fastening to this lariat-style necklace

Reinvented Miser's Purse Necklace Creatures Marvellous vintage fold out operaA magnificent 19th century Victorian misers purse cunningly transformed into a contemporary piece of wearable art. The original cut steel embellishments are in perfect condition and we have threaded an array of haematite and acrylic beads through the original crochet work so that the purse can still be used. These beautiful works of art became known as misers purses because their diminutive openings made it difficult to retrieve coins.