Perfume Bottle Chain?

OneWetKnee · May 23, 2016

Hey guys! I got to poking around my usual spot on my family's land and got a decent hit in the water a foot or two off shore. I started using my foot to stir the water to remove the top silt. I got pretty damn excited to see bright shiny silver glinting back at me! I thought I found silver chain-mail or something amazing.... until I picked it up and saw it was plated brass I assume. I think it may be a Perfume Bottle Chain... but really have no idea of age.

Thank you all for help identifying in advance! You have never let me down yet

HH!!

testing123 · May 23, 2016

maybe a chainmail (male?) purse?

OneWetKnee · May 23, 2016

testing123 said:
maybe a chainmail (male?) purse?

I thought that as well for a minute, until I noticed the top has a hinged cap, and the plated neck is too narrow to remove anything but a liquid.. which lead me to the perfume idea.

romeo-1 · May 23, 2016

No clue...cool find though.

RelicMedic · May 23, 2016

When GioTheGreek sent me the pic, I mentioned to him that if I had to guess, I'd say perfume bottle decorative chain. I'm still keeping my guess as is, and hope you can get a positive ID. It's a really neat piece!

OneWetKnee · May 23, 2016

haha! Yeah GioTheGreek is usually I send the first pic too for IDs! Usually within 5 mins of the find

trapperart · May 23, 2016

Nice find

SusanMN · May 23, 2016

Looks like an old coin purse. i think the area around the top widens out to get stuff inside then narrows when you squeeze it.

Bruce R · May 23, 2016

Victorian *** toy, works like a Chinese finger trap.

RelicMedic · May 23, 2016

OneWetKnee said:
haha! Yeah GioTheGreek is usually I send the first pic too for IDs! Usually within 5 mins of the find

And then he sends them to me lmao. I do the same to him. It's a great system

OneWetKnee · May 23, 2016

SusanMN said:
Looks like an old coin purse. i think the area around the top widens out to get stuff inside then narrows when you squeeze it.

You get the solve! That is exactly what it is! 1800s Gate Top Beggars Miser Chain Mail Mesh Purse. I found a couple of examples.

RelicMedic · May 23, 2016

Wow great job on the ID!! That's awesome!

Gridwalker306 · May 23, 2016

That's a cool find!

OneWetKnee · May 23, 2016

Now to detect that area for the coins that broke through 200 years ago lol.

Subterranean · May 24, 2016

Awesome ID and find! I thought it was a Victorian bass lure....Sub 8-)

highnam · May 24, 2016

Always wanted to find one of those, good luck finding anything that could have been in it!

prolab69 · May 24, 2016

i was thinking it went around a whiskey flask, but a coin purse seems logical also.

SusanMN · May 24, 2016

Actually looking at the pic again, I think it is also a Chatalaine, a sort of belt purse that ladies would clip on to hold personal items. Very, very nice find.

OneWetKnee · May 24, 2016

SusanMN said:
Actually looking at the pic again, I think it is also a Chatalaine, a sort of belt purse that ladies would clip on to hold personal items. Very, very nice find.

I have been trying to re link some of the loops, it seems almost fully intact. There is maybe a square inch missing. Would you know roughly what year it was in fashion?

SusanMN · May 25, 2016

OneWetKnee said:
I have been trying to re link some of the loops, it seems almost fully intact. There is maybe a square inch missing. Would you know roughly what year it was in fashion?

I would guess 1870's to 1900.