what could this be

[kdenz]

 

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[pkb]

looks like a watch fob

 

[kdenz]

Watch fob? Sorry first cool thing i found im new to this lol but what is a watch fob and whats it used for

 

[pkb]

pocket watch days , had a chain on the watch, other end connected to a fob that was like attached to the vest. Google it

 

[pkb]

Antique Watch Fobs - Collector Information | Collectors Weekly

 

[2screwed]

Just out of curiosity what does it say on the back?

 

[nhbenz]

I haven't yet figured out what type of business this was, but Jacob Schlitt rented this space, in Chicago, in 1915. Also don't yet know how long his business remained open (so I can't date the item).
Bottom of middle column, pg 785
The Economist: A Weekly Financial, Commercial, and Real-estate Newspaper - Google Books

 

[koolaidsmile]

It's a beer bottle opener! That was a name of a popular classic beer. Some old timers still drink it

Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)

 

[woodstock]

Or a Key chain fob ... here a fob , there a fob ... everywhere a fob-fob ... Woodstock

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It's a beer bottle opener! That was a name of a popular classic beer. Some old timers still drink it

Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)

I was weaned on Busch

(The oldtimers beer you are referring to is Schlitz. Some came in cool ruby red bottles.)

 

[surf]

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I think koolaidsmile was joking....

 

[Breezie]

If you can tell us what the bottom line reads it can be ID; it's the tiny script under the word Jackson Blvd.
Breezie

 

[duggap]

Or a Key chain fob ... here a fob , there a fob ... everywhere a fob-fob ... Woodstock

Not fobs, but Dubies, Dubies

 

[woodstock]

It's not a bottle opener of any kind ...

But it's either a watch fob or a key fob . It carry's the Schlitz label or banner because it was a souvenir given to the people who took tours of their brewery or sold after their tour in their gift shop . And it might have been given to the distributors to pass to loyal customers when they bought a case . A bottle opener has to have more substance that this does and a larger handle . I have two Schlitz bottle openers and they are massive .
Why do I claim to know this ? Well being raised in Brew City ( Milwaukee ) till my twenty's and hanging out there for many tears after I took their tour , and the Pabst tour and the best one is the Miller tour cause I took the Miller twice .
I hope this helps because it isn't a bottle opener at all (although it could open one) But so could my car door jam . Maybe I should have embossed " Schlitz " on my car door and called my car a opener ! LOL ! Woodstock

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont think it says Schlitz. I think it says Schlitt's.

 

[woodstock]

Scooby dubie dew where are you ? Man 'o' man that slang takes me back to better days ! Woodstock

Not fobs, but Dubies, Dubies

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I google Schlitts Urban Dictionary: schlitts

 

[mical66]

schlitt's is what you get after you drink Schlitzz's

 

[DCMatt]

Are we allowed to know WHERE it was found?

DCMatt