If you guessed that it was a chatelaine then you are right! During the 18th and 19th centuries these were used to keep one’s tools at hand. A housewife might keep her sewing equipment from the chains, a businessman his pocket watch and knife, or a housekeeper her many keys.

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2) This tool is chrome on top and red plastic on the bottom with a crank on the side. The general shape of the piece reminds one of a rocket.

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