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Posted 4 months ago
MartinM
(7 items)
Not the two Euro piece ;)
This powder compact which is tiny and undoubtedly designed to be hung around it's users neck as a pendant has me stumped..
It appears to be made of silver, but has no marks either to indicate the year or place of manufacture. Nor do I know the maker.
Has anyone ever seen anything like it, and any suggestions to resolve my unknowns?
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what are the dimensions of this item please -- guess right now is that it is an english charm or pendant
Hi Epson,
It is about 3cm in diameter and about 8mm deep.
little too big for a charm -- so i would say more like a pendent or perhaps hung from a chatelaine -- is the loop on the puff bone or plastic -- if bone before the 1920s if plastic after the 1920s
Could have been hung on a chatelaine. Looks right based on size. Would be so great to see the other items.