Need help with patent ID

[Crawdigger]

I found this coin purse frame a few weeks ago and finally got around to cleaning it up. Afterwards, I was able to make out a manufacturing stamp. Is there any way or does anyone know how to ID using this to obtain an approximate age?

 

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[AlabamaRelic]

Google patents.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Crawdigger wrote:
> Is there any way or does anyone know how to ID using this to obtain an approximate age?

The object is a purse's mouth frame. If I recall correctly, US Patents are valid for 14, 17, and 20 years, depending on the type of patent. When the patent expires, there is no point to continuing to mark an object with the patent info. The latest of your object's two patent-date markings is 1893, so the object was manufactured sometime between that year and 14, 17, or 20 years after that date.

The patents for your object probably are about the type of closure-latch on it.

 

[Bramblefind]

I think this may be what the purse looked like complete--

1893 Leather Victorian Dance Purse Date Bag Evening Hand Strap Antique 1800s Old | eBay

VintageVictorianEvening Bag




Unusual Bag!!


Hand strap to hold the bag while completing your Dance Card!!!




Stamped:
Pats Mch 22 '92
Oct 24 '93




Small.....Black Leather
Measuring 6.5 in wide x 3.25 in high x 1 in deep




Several convenient compartments!!

 

[Breezie]

I think this maybe the patent for the frame for the hand purse. Good ID Bramble.
https://www.google.com/patents/US47...a=X&ei=wDWuU-2yEcWtyATf54CgDQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA




Breezie

 

[Crawdigger]

Thanks y'all! Each of you had great info!