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Vanity - Please Help Identify this old object
none | 11/27/2007 | me

Posted on 11/27/2007 9:57:30 AM PST by Grit

I am calling on the knowledgeable FR Community to help identify an object that has me baffled.

This silver doohickey was unearthed recently with the help of a metal detector by a friend of mine.

It is 2 3/4 in tall X 1 1/4 in wide.

It has a bracket on the back that is deep enough to accept maybe a leather strap and on the bottom - something is missing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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To: Grit

I forwarded your photos to my mom (the little-known inspiration for the Antiques Roadshow), and she said that she doesn’t know. However, she did point out something curious about the lion’s mouth. Her opinion is that it was designed that way for a purpose, maybe to hold something. More than that, she can’t guess.


61 posted on 11/27/2007 4:53:34 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT; Quix

What is it?

Ping.


62 posted on 11/27/2007 5:04:49 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (This is "Be an Angel Day", do something nice for someone today.)
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To: Grit

I will go for the drapery ointment thingy. You put the strapie thingy through the those thingys on the back to hold the swag part together. What every it is, it is categorically of a thingy type.


63 posted on 11/27/2007 5:15:58 PM PST by ThomasThomas (An investigative journalist is one who uses spellcheck.)
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To: Grit
As another FReeper pointed out, if it was a "found" object, it should be covered in tarnish. If you haven’t found any markings, try the magnet test—if it’s silver, it won't stick.
64 posted on 11/27/2007 7:27:47 PM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Grit

My guess is it’s a Sikh candle holder on top. And, bottom, is an escutcheon.


65 posted on 11/27/2007 7:49:19 PM PST by papasmurf (FRed Thompson...That's been your mantra, all along. You're just an anti-FRed gnat!)
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To: Grit

Forgot to add that the bottom item is on it’s side. The top is facing left in this photo.


66 posted on 11/27/2007 7:52:28 PM PST by papasmurf (FRed Thompson...That's been your mantra, all along. You're just an anti-FRed gnat!)
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To: Grit

It looks like a bolo - Why I think it is one is the bottom metal loops where on it at one time but it looks like they have broken.

It looks to be made of sterling silver and it is not truly just a lion but cross between a lion and possibly a dragon.


67 posted on 11/27/2007 8:18:15 PM PST by stlnative
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To: Grit
Actually I don't think its a doohickey ... looks more like a thingamabob or possibly, and this is just a guess, a whatchacallit.

In all seriousness, I've seen some ornamentation on old furniture that was similar, but not exact.

68 posted on 11/27/2007 8:23:07 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: Grit

Broche, or whatever you call them. Pin thing is missing.

Whatever you do, “don’t put your lips on that thing kid!”


69 posted on 11/27/2007 8:26:14 PM PST by Professional
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To: nw_arizona_granny

Sorry. No help from me. Looks like a door knocker without the knocker.

Have a blessed week, granny.


70 posted on 11/27/2007 8:36:14 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Grit

it could be a scarf bolo (scarf slide)


71 posted on 11/27/2007 8:55:44 PM PST by stlnative
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To: stlnative
Maybe so.

Men's Western Bolo Tie


72 posted on 11/27/2007 9:04:50 PM PST by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty

It appears that it may have had a secondary double rod bar at the bottom of it that has broken off. The more I look at it the more I am convinced that it is a scarf slide (sometimes called a scarf bolo).

It looks to be an older piece and it appears to be made of sterling silver. If it is sterling silver it could be from the 1920’s or 1930’s.


73 posted on 11/27/2007 9:33:25 PM PST by stlnative
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