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Victorian skirt-lifter. These were popular when ladies started ranging in a serious way. This hands-free device lifted long skirts for ease of ambulation up and down stairs, atop a bicycle, through muddy patches and weedy fields, etc. A fold of fabric would be caught between the pincers (in the case of this model the fingers and thumb), and a ratcheting mechanism would pull the device closed, presto, skirt hooked.
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An Edwardian Essex crystal bee brooch, the circular brooch depicting the image of a large bumble bee within a crystal dome, set to a yellow gold beaded mount and closed backed reverse, with brooch fitting, measuring approximately 26mm in diameter, gross weight 8.8 grams, circa 1900
