Antique Silver Vesta Case on Vintage Japanese Glass Beads

Beautiful Antique Sterling Silver Vesta Case on Vintage Japanese Peacock Glass Bead Necklace. The necklace has an a little clip so you are able to detach the Vesta Case and exchange it for another pendant and you could also put the Case on a plain Silver Chain for a different look.
This is such a special piece, which could easily become an heirloom in years to come.
History Of The Vesta Case
Vesta cases were hugely popular in England between the 1860s and 1940s. They were carried predominantly by men- as smoking was then considered to be a masculine habit- and placed in the waistcoat pocket or on the end of a 'Double Albert' chain, which held a pocket watch on one side and a vesta case on the other.