Very Cool Ornate Cap or Lid????

[mtnbay]

Hit up an 1860's homestead out in some ranch lands. After dancing around a perturbed bull I had a few good finds. This one in particular is very ornate. I think it might be a lid or cap of some kind. It looks like it has a catch on one side and a hinge on the other. Any ideas? That is why I love this hobby so much, even a little find like this gets my blood pumping. Thanks for the help.

 

[nhbenz]

I believe it's half of a scent locket pendant, which many moons ago you would put something like a small bit of pizza in there so that you smell good.

 

[relic nut]

Perhaps it is lid from old snuff/pill box. Here is example.

 

[nhbenz]

Here's a modern version of scent locket: https://www.etsy.com/listing/188917914/vintage-locket-necklace-scent-locket?ref=market

 

[relic nut]

I think you got it.

 

[jan nielsen]

I would say old top of a smoking pipe. http://www.ascasonline.org/PIPELONG4BIS.jpg

 

[ARC]

My guess...
Tis part of a Chatelaine.

 

[trdking]

I am leaning towards the chatelaine. For anyone interested those little scent thingies are called vinagrettes

Cheers all

 

[mtnbay]

Thank you all for the quick response. I think all are plausible, and it definitely gives me some research to do. If it is any of the above I am beyond happy as I think any of them would be way cool.

 

[ARC]

I am leaning towards the chatelaine. For anyone interested those little scent thingies are called vinagrettes

Cheers all

AHHH yes... the word I could not remember... vinagrette.
chatelaines and vinagrettes resemble each other to me... well sorta... looks wise at times.
Thanks for input trdking... I think you helped solve this one.
This is NOW what I WAS thinking... heh

 

[nhbenz]

A chatelaine and a vinaigrette are not specifically different items, which is to say a chatelaine can have a vinaigrette on it (or not). The vinaigrette is just one of the many possible pendants on a chatelaine. A vinaigrette may or may not include a glass bottle, and my guess was that this was of the style that didn't (I can always be wrong). The very same vinaigrette may be found as a neclace pendant, which is why I wasn't specific on that. I can't remember where I'd heard it (so may be inaccurate) that the bottle type was more often on a chatelaine, where the vented box type (like I think this is) was more popular on a necklace, so that it could be tucked into a lady's clothing if she wished not to exude an excess of the scent. And I still think pizza must have been popular in these, but I can't find good references to confirm it.
Any and all of this could be wrong.