Mystery Bauble

[Monty]

Found this "what is it" in an old park dating back to just before WWI but I don't think it's that old. It's nonferrous on the filigree part but a magnet will stick to both sides in the rusted middle. It looks the same on both sides and is made in two parts with a rivet and small hole in the middle. The filigree part is probably made of brass or copper and was once gold plated. It has a lot of small fine detail. You can tell the size by comparing it with my fingers in the pic. I took the pic that way so you could see it was hollow in the middle. I thought it might be a locket before I cleaned it up and discovered it wasn't. Then my thoughts turned to button but it's really too big and heavy for a button. Maybe part of a broach or something similar attached through the hole in the middle? Beats me! Any ideas?

 

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[geo4472]

looks like part of an old bracelet each section looks the same way and they are joined by wire or thread through the middle opening

 

[re-tek]

victorian tribal earing!

seriously.. maybe a fancy button or tacky cufflink?

 

[Lafitte]

Maybe from a bolo tie. Hole could be from missing clip rivet.

Something like this:

 

[pgill]

Nice looking find.... Could it not be a perfume locket like in my picture.... You put perfume inside of it and it smells nice wherever you walk.....

God bless
Peter

 

[Monty]

It's just one of those ambiguous things that could be any of the ideas mentioned or none of them. I really think it's too big and heavy for a button. Perfume would run right through it. The tie thing? I don't know but if so part of it is missing. no way to secure it. I think it's probably a part of something else, just can't imagine what. I hoped I'd find a chain or the rest of it but no such luck. Thanks for the responses. M nty

 

[ashleen]

Jim,
I'm just pulling this out of thin air.........but, to me it looks like it was a pendant with a stone in the middle. Think of all the black onyx rings you've seen with a diamond in the middle. I dunno, just a thought!

 

[Monty]

Whatever was in the middle is gone now and just the ferrous base remains as it is really heavily rusted. My wife thinks it may have had a cameo on each side attached to the brad through the middle. That kinda' makes sense. M nty

 

[Ralphw]

my first thought was cameo

 

[Peerless67]

ornate handle from antique furniture