✅ SOLVED Buckle?

[snaps]

Hi everybody, this was in a gravel road hard packed had to use a pick an hit it to boot (ouch!) Maybe horse- related?? Thanks for looking Snaps

 

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[mrs.oroblanco]

Looks like silk stocking holder-uppers.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

mrs.oroblanco nailed it .

 

[creskol]

mrs.oroblanco nailed it .

That thing is heavy brass .. 3 inches long .. Hmmm.. not so sure about that ID

 

[G.A.P.metal]

No not realy

 

[creskol]

No not realy

Not really what?

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Not sure looks to big

 

[creskol]

Not sure looks to big

The ruler shows it being 3 inches long (give or take a little) by 2 inches wide.

 

[vhs07]

That belonged to one big woman!

 

[vhs07]

It was most likely on the same principle as the stocking holder but on a larger scale with a leather strap instead of lace

 

[nhbenz]

I can't say that I know how it was used, but it appears to be a saddle jockey tip:
Photo from 1907 catalog found here: https://archive.org/details/catalogueno200jmei

 

[creskol]

I can't say that I know how it was used, but it appears to be a saddle jockey tip: View attachment 1533733

I knew I had seen it before, but my fading memory just couldn't bring it up. Thanks for the ID!

 

[snaps]

Thanks for replies, mrs.oroblanco nice guess, does look like it, G.A.P and vhs07 yea, the Amazon version. Creskol, have you dug them in the past? Nhbenz BAM! how you found that Ill never know! like to think it was lost on that road in a pre-auto era. Happy Hunting Snaps

 

[highnam]

Nice ID NHbenz