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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Debora, post: 10134937, member: 1476&quot;]Food is locked up to prevent servants from stealing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:&nbsp; &quot;<i>The chatelaine was also used as a woman&#039;s keychain in the 19th century to show the status of women in a wealthy household. The woman with the keys to all the many desks, chest of drawers, food hampers, pantries, storage containers, and many other locked cabinets was &#039;the woman of the household&#039;. As such, she was the one who would direct the servants, housemaids, cooks and delivery servicemen and would open or lock the access to the valuables of the house, possessing total authority over who had access to what.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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