jewelry or what

[shattercane]

I found this while detecting a very old homestead site. All items found at this site were old so i feel this probably is also. Do you experts think this is jewelry or something else. It has some kind of porcelin or enamel or some such thing bonded to the metal and then painted. I don't know how old that technology is. It is about 4 inches long. The round part is about the size of a quarter. A magnet does not stick to the chain or any of the painted parts. There is no writing anywhere on it. thankyou.

 

[Monty]

Did the sections come out of the ground looking that good or did you polish them? They almost look like gold, but the chain doesn't. Very pretty if you like frogs. Monty

 

[shattercane]

I found this while detecting a very old homestead site. All items found at this site were old so i feel this probably is also. Do you experts think this is jewelry or something else. It has some kind of porcelin or enamel or some such thing bonded to the metal and then painted. I don't know how old that technology is. It is about 4 inches long. The round part is about the size of a quarter. A magnet does not stick to the chain or any of the painted parts. There is no writing anywhere on it. thankyou.

I didn't polish it. If it is gold it isn't brilliant gold and I believe it is all the same metal. I will try some polish on the chain and see if it indicates what metal it is made of.

 

[Rasputin]

Art Nouveau chatelaine?

 

[Breezie]

It is Cloisonné, and I agree it is a chatelaine. Great find, Breezie

 

[chetler]

I agree it could be a chatelaine. I have also seen old wind chimes made in this same style - might explain the frog theme...Just my two cents...chetler