🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Possible age?

[Nathan W]

This monkey decor/or lion thing is very decorative. After some cleaning and rubbing it looks to be silver? Or silver plated. I don’t k ow how to tell. It’s not magnetic. There are no handles for this to be a drawer pull. No holes for it to be on a necklace. It does on the back look to been attached at one point in time to something. This is probably my best find from Sunday morning. The area was civil war activity but very old mill houses were there too. Just curious as to an age range for it . Thanks for looking!

 

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[Whynotnow?]

Looks a lot like a bridle rosette, and a good fancy one at that. Is it filled with a lead/solder type material?

 

[Nathan W]

Looks a lot like a bridle rosette, and a good fancy one at that. Is it filled with a lead/solder type material?

It appears to be solder

 

[Nathan W]

I’m t appears to be soldier

So fancy horse tack

 

[Nathan W]

Looks a lot like a bridle rosette, and a good fancy one at that. Is it filled with a lead/solder type material?

So it was pinned on from the back where solder points are apparently? How would you go about dating it?

 

[Whynotnow?]

So it was pinned on from the back where solder points are apparently? How would you go about dating it?

I'm no expert, but my guess is 18-something. I've seen other people post pages of rosettes so hopefully someone here can help date it.

 

[Mr. Digger]

Cool. Looks like a lion rosette to me.

 

[GlowingArtist]

1940s-1959?

 

[creskol]

Solder (aka; Lead) back would put it in the mid to late 1800's.

 

[Nathan W]

Solder (aka; Lead) back would put it in the mid to late 1800's.

Thanks creskol, this may be my oldest find yet. I don’t think I will try to get the tarnish off. I like the “found” look.

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap, Lion faced horse harness mount.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Lion makes more sense, but I see why anyone would think monkey. It does resemble a baboon. Good find

 

[BuckleBoy]

I recovered an identical one in an 1830-50s site. Rosette.

 

[Nathan W]

I recovered an identical one in an 1830-50s site. Rosette.

Nice! That’s probably my oldest find than

 

[creskol]

Nice! That’s probably my oldest find than

I would lean more toward the 1850s

 

[Nathan W]

I would lean more toward the 1850s

I’m still very proud of myself, I’ve only been doing this for one year now

 

[creskol]

I’m still very proud of myself, I’ve only been doing this for one year now

I would be, too, and I have been doing it for 55 years.

 

[Blackfoot58]

You’ve had a lot of great results IMO. Just keep searching.👍🏼