Brass coin size with kissing Cherubs holed ??

[Colonial Digger]

Need help I have no clue , house was 1884, log cabin was 1790,s Beautiful piece! the heart is raised

 

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[ARC]

Horse rosette... or love token.

 

[nkellam22]

My guess is a love token made from a large cent.
Back in the day people used to black out 1 or both sides of a coin and engrave their initials or some sort of photo on it. They would then give it to their lover. The hole is most likely so they could tie it on to a string as to not lose it. People with not a lot of money would use coppers and people with more money would use silver coins.
Nice Find!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Based on it's size, I'm thinking along the same lines as ARC... horse halter or a blinder rosette.
I've found horse blinder 'hearts' decorated with copper over lead.

"Horse's bridle or hood and prevent a horse from seeing behind and beside him.
Horses that pull wagons and carriages wear blinkers/blinders to prevent them from becoming distracted or panicked by what they see behind the wagon."

If we could see a pic of the back as well, that would help.
Dave

 

[creskol]

what does the back look like?

 

[Toecutter]

Is the heart carved out or adhered to the disk?, it looks like its glued or soldered on but hard to tell...

 

[Colonial Digger]

no it is stamped , i added a picture of the back, this is thinner than a coin.

 

[A2coins]

Would be awesome if it was a love token made by someone long ago

 

[DCMatt]

I think it's just an art Nouveau pendant. Turn of the 20th C.

The image is the Goddess Muse kissing Cupid. It's called "Love's Dream".



Search "Love's Dream Unger Bros." to see loads of examples.