🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Need help identifying this object

[jjjwada73]

I believe this is a men's trouser suspender clip from the 1880s-1890s. There is a partial patent date of "PAT. SEP" but can't make out the year and possibly a name on the opposite tong. I believe I see part of it spelling "IMP?". Could that be IMPERIAL? Thanks for looking.

 

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[invent4hir]

Kind of looks like Warren Hose Supporter at https://www.ebay.com/itm/266523416749

Post another pic with a size reference. To see the letter consider holding at a low angle to light and/or taking a rubbing. Let us know what you find.

 

[jjjwada73]

Kind of looks like Warren Hose Supporter at https://www.ebay.com/itm/266523416749

Post another pic with a size reference. To see the letter consider holding at a low angle to light and/or taking a rubbing. Let us know what you find.

Yeah, I've tried changing the light angles and intensity but I think the year is corroded away. As for size comparison, it's slightly larger than a 50 cent piece. But I think you are more correct that it's a hoser supporter. Thank you!