What is this??
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Maybe it was originally fitted to furniture, drawer maybe?
I'd say a ring pull of some type.
Looks to have possibly come away from an attachment plate, decorative back plate etc.
From size maybe off a cheap jewellery box or something similar (fancy ones would have been brass or silver).
Or screw end has broken off.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/120...how_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details
Looks to have possibly come away from an attachment plate, decorative back plate etc.
From size maybe off a cheap jewellery box or something similar (fancy ones would have been brass or silver).
Or screw end has broken off.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/120...how_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details
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Steel, Silver or other might give a clue.
End of a clock weight?
A key?
Could it be a wax seal?
Bell knocker ring?
Something small, functional, hard wearing, not expensive or personal, and not hand made.
A key?
Could it be a wax seal?
Bell knocker ring?
Something small, functional, hard wearing, not expensive or personal, and not hand made.
It is, i believe, part of the top of a fob watch where your watch chain would attach.
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We need to know what metal it is... is it steel, brass, alloyed? If it has any iron content, then probably an ordinary draw/door pull.
Never seen a drawer pull the size of a $2 coin unless it came off a jewelry box.
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Could the ring have swivelled in the base? If so, could it have been a winder for a wall clock. These fob watch winders have a swivel where the chain is fitted. Compared to the two dollar coin, my ring seems much smaller. wiley. (P.S. Aussie Farmer, I know you won't be able to resist having a crack at that last sentence!) Lol.
Wiley , you beat me too it, havin a "crack" about the size of your ring ...
Phantoms ring has a peened over end with less than a mm (by my estimate) gap between peening and ring base which to me suggests it was on a metal , tin if you like, type of object such as a cash draw or something.
You have a very nice ring there phantom, as big or slightly larger than the $2 coin , a finger would almost go in your ring compared to wileys ring.
Most likely a tin lid or drawer, Much easier to grip with cold fingers than a knob of that size.
Very intriguing.
Phantoms ring has a peened over end with less than a mm (by my estimate) gap between peening and ring base which to me suggests it was on a metal , tin if you like, type of object such as a cash draw or something.
You have a very nice ring there phantom, as big or slightly larger than the $2 coin , a finger would almost go in your ring compared to wileys ring.
Most likely a tin lid or drawer, Much easier to grip with cold fingers than a knob of that size.
Very intriguing.
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That’s their ring problem solved right there..
