SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European carved wooden cicada Really a lovely little thing

Really a lovely little thing

On the backs of each swatch are indicators of color

I found this not far from me on the North Shore in Massachusetts

how even did they get the signature in there

Though they've never been my thing

SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European carved wooden cicada Really a lovely little thingI've looked at a fair amount of hair work, but I've never seen a piece of hairwork jewelry (maybe better to call it hair work lace?) as ornate as this one, which I am guessing was likely made as a collar, with one side clearly the face (front). It appears to me hair from at least three different people was incorporated blonde, brown and black with thread matching the shade of the brown hair used for structure and securing. I can't even imagine the