✅ SOLVED Bracelet? Harness related? Help please!

[lenmac65]

Dug this object about 5 inches down at a former home site. The house was built around 1890 and disappeared around 1970. It rang up with a very high tone and at the top end of the vdi. I thought it was going to be a faucet, though I was hoping for a silver dollar. It looks like aluminum to me and is not magnetic. No writing whatsoever. Feels hollow and is three inches in diameter. I am no jewelry expert, but could this be a bracelet? I have found horse tack here before, could this be related to a saddle harness of some sort? Seems too light for that, but I have no real experience with horses. Any insights or ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks.

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

Maybe a curtain rod ring?

 

[Noah_D]

Maybe a curtain rod ring?

I like that idea... is there any place for it to open though?

 

[lenmac65]

Maybe a curtain rod ring?

Interesting idea. It would have to be sewn in though, as it doesn't open at all. Thanks for the idea.

 

[lenmac65]

I like that idea... is there any place for it to open though?

Does not open, though I suppose that does not rule it out completely.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Interesting idea. It would have to be sewn in though, as it doesn't open at all. Thanks for the idea.

That is how some drapes my Mom had were made,they had loops of cloth sewn in with the ring in the loop.Not as a part of the loop but hanging from the loop.

 

[Tony in SC]

Nice piece! Hard to think of it as horse related, but I've seen show rigs and harness that cost more than my truck. Long shot but could be a halter ring? Or not?

 

[lenmac65]

Nice piece! Hard to think of it as horse related, but I've seen show rigs and harness that cost more than my truck. Long shot but could be a halter ring? Or not?

Thanks for the idea. I will search that term.

 

[Bruce R]

It puts me in mind of a ring handle that you would see on either side of something like a fancy ice bucket, or some other tableware

 

[Bruce R]

 

[lenmac65]

It puts me in mind of a ring handle that you would see on either side of something like a fancy ice bucket, or some other tableware

That is a very interesting suggestion. Thanks for posting the comment and photo. At this point, I am kind of leaning toward the curtain rod ring, as this item is lightweight, ornate, and does not look scratched or worn like I would expect for something with other practical or functional implications. Thanks again for the response; I am still going to Google your idea.

 

[JamieD]

I’m going with silver bracelet! One very similar here:

https://www.rubylane.com/item/808500-rl0217503/Victorian-Sterling-Silver-Hollow-Repousse-Bangle

Scroll to the bottom for the picture/description.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Non-magnetic, but is it lightweight...? ? Silver...??
I'd lean towards bracelet or drawer-pull............

 

[lenmac65]

I’m going with silver bracelet! One very similar here:

https://www.rubylane.com/item/808500-rl0217503/Victorian-Sterling-Silver-Hollow-Repousse-Bangle

Scroll to the bottom for the picture/description.

Any way to double like this post? There are some very close matches on that link you provided. I am much more excited about the possibility that this is a jewelry piece, which was one of my original guesses. I guess I really need to get it looked at at a jewelry shop or antique store. At the very least I really need to get a test kit. Thanks for taking the time to respond and for providing such a great link.

 

[lenmac65]

Non-magnetic, but is it lightweight...? ? Silver...??
I'd lean towards bracelet or drawer-pull............

That's at least two who think a bracelet is a possibility. Thanks for the response.

 

[lenmac65]

I’m going with silver bracelet! One very similar here:

https://www.rubylane.com/item/808500-rl0217503/Victorian-Sterling-Silver-Hollow-Repousse-Bangle

Scroll to the bottom for the picture/description.

I looked again at that one in the bottom of the link you provided. I think that is an exact match. It prompted me to look more closely at my item, and I can't believe I saw the word Sterling on it. My eyes aren't what they used to be, and it was sort of hidden in the scratches, but it is definitely there. I am marking this one solved. Thanks again for your help.