🔎 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.

 

[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!

 

[Bates]

For id purposes only I'd rather not talk about it but it looks like a clip my grandmother would have used to hold a feminine product in place. Unfortunately I saw this as a small child and the horror of that image is forever burned in my brain.

 

[pat5363]

May be part of a suspender or overall buckle. Similar to:

Shoe Buckles, Knee Buckles, and Suspender Clips

Finding old coins is my main detecting goal, but finding old buckles and suspender clips ranks high on the list, especially complete ones because most are ornate and fragile-looking.

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