Sick em T-netters, Ornate something...

[Beepbeep13]

Sick em' T-netters, Ornate something...

Found at a new field today, along with some old iron and square nails

Any ideas? I thought maybe it went to an old chest or dresser

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Beepbeep
I don`t know about the chest or dresser....but deff. Victorian era....maybe stone in the middle .
The buckle has seen salt water would be my guess,as i`m 400 miles inland !
Gary

 

[Beepbeep13]

Thanks GAP

I threw the buckle in there as a bonus :-P

By the way - sorry about the loss of your friend. You know he threw that tooth under the coil for ya :-)

 

[G.A.P.metal]

LoL thanks my friend !

 

[Beepbeep13]

Anyone? Please [emoji56]

 

[pong12211]

Looks like maybe its off some furniture like an old dresser or wardrobe or something along those lines. Just a guess,

 

[ivan salis]

note the chain attachment points * three on top two on bottom * like it had two loops on top and a trailing set below bottom one connects to out side top one on each outside --with middle "chain" one to loop about the neck .--fancy horse boss --tack

 

[Beepbeep13]

Hm, interesting

 

[EasternShoreMetal]

I can't tell by the back, which is the concave side, how it may have been attached. I don't think furniture dec. because they usually have dedicated holes for the brads, and this many holes leans more towards attachment connections for more of the pc. like Ivan said. So I'm leaning towards a brooch. Victorian or maybe Edwardian.. Nice find either way. Thanks for showing us.

 

[EasternShoreMetal]

You do also get holes like that for stone settings too. So it may be complete in size if that's the case. Can you tell how it might have been attached on that back ?

Buckle is like some type of horse tack or baggage pc.

 

[Beepbeep13]

It seems like the holes around the outside is how it was attached

Thanks for your input guys this really helped

 

[soonerdan25]

Maybe a sash buckle found something similar

 

[gunsil]

It looks like an element (part) of a necklace which would have had other parts or elements attached to it. I'm pretty sure this is what it is and it would be hard to get a date of manufacture since similar ones have been made for a hundred years and are still made today.

 

[CoilyGirl]

You might want to ask Breezie to take a look at this thread she knows a ton about Victorian era items.

 

[DCMatt]

As Ivan said, the holes tell the story. It is the center portion of a ladies chatelain. Very popular in the late 19th & early 20 C.



DCMatt

 

[Beepbeep13]

Wow! Thanks for the picture and the term!! I googled chatlaine and came up with a bunch of pics and what it was used for, or it could of been used as house tack as Ivan stated

Thanks a bunch guys