Bronze chain and cross from Kilmichael-Glassary, Argyllshire, late 12th century

Silver chain called Midside Maggie's Girdle, said to have been given by John, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, to the wife of his tenant Thomas Hardie of Midside Farm, made by Adam Allan of Edinburgh, 1608 - 1610

Chain, with a pendant drop in the form of an articulated anchor, of jet, the chain links alternately oval and oblong, worn by Mrs Craig of Edinburgh

One of a group of orders, medals and badges awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, Academy of Athens member's badge and chain of gilt and enamel

Early Medieval chain of double rings of silver with penannular terminal ring engraved with one of the symbols of the sculptured stones, from Parkhill, Aberdeenshire, 400 - 600 AD

Early Medieval massive chain of double rings of silver found in digging the Caledonian Canal, near Inverness, 400 - 600 AD

Early Medieval massive chain of double rings of silver, from near Haddington, East Lothian, 400 - 600 AD

Massive silver chain of 22 double links with a pennanular terminal ring, the ring engraved with designs inlaid with red enamel, from Whitecleugh, Lanarkshire, AD 400-600

Portion of a massive chain of double rings of silver, from Whitley, now called Whitlaw, Lauder, 400 - 600 AD

Massive silver chain consisting of nineteen pairs of circular rings with a single ring at one end, from Traprain Law, 400 - 600 AD

Massive silver chain, composed of twenty-one pairs of rings flattened on their inner faces with a penannular terminal, from Borland Farm, Walston, Lanarkshire, AD 400-600

Chain of fine silver wire knitted as a hollow tube, from a Viking burial at Ballinaby, Islay

Flat wooded chain used in winding coals in Stourbridge district in the middle of the nineteenth century

Double link chain used in winding coals in Stourbridge district in the middle of the nineteenth century

Chain stitch sewing machine, by Willcox and Gibbs

Pendant and chain of silver and gold, set with opals and decorated with plique-à-jour enamelling: USA, New York, by Tiffany and Co., probably designed by Julia Munson, c. 1910