Featured Jade letter opener?

Not sure if this is the right place to post but couldn't think of another category. Does anybody know what this is? My best guess is a letter opener. It looks like it says H&N on the back but I can't make out the markings. Also Im not sure but it looks like it could be jade to me and also there is a little pink stone that I'm curious about. Any help would be awesome!

 

You have a nice 9ct gold letter opener. The pink bead may be coral.

 

Im thinking its a fancy phone dialer. Wouldnt a letter opener have a flat edge? In the days of dial phones a lady wouldnt want to ruin her manicure so she used a phone dialer. Its lovely .

 

Ahhh now I can make out the 9CT. Thanks!

 

Isn’t the other side flat @dylanm?

 

I had a 14k on a pendant recently that hadn’t been struck cleanly and I thought it was Chinese text!

 

huh i would have never thought of that! I was wondering about it not having a flat edge, but then again I just looked at a phone dialer and it didn't have a point like this. hmmmm

 

I don't remember it being flat on one side. I'll have to dig it out and check.

 

There are lots of letter openers/paper knives which are in the form of swords. I hadn’t thought of phone diallers either but wouldn’t a jade pointed end scratch the dial? Didn’t people usually use the blunt end of a pen or pencil?

 

i'd say it could almost be a pendant or brooch.....
it looks too small , round and dainty for a letter opener...
it's too

 

Please show a full view of the back - believe I might see part of a pin-back...


H&N is usually believed to be an Australian maker, and most pieces do appear to be found there - here is a similar jade sword brooch:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antique-Victorian-9k-Gold-Long-Jade-Sword-Brooch-Pin-w-Rhodolite-Garnet-Pearl/183368583783?_trkparms=aid=888008&algo=DISC.CARDS&ao=2&asc=20190920090938&meid=c8a6541c1d18449bb9f23b30099059c2&pid=100035&rk=1&rkt=1&sd=283670373805&itm=183368583783&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100035.m1982



~Cheryl

 

metal ring at the tip of the blade.....gave that away...

 

Always helpful to get measurements along with complete images...

~Cheryl

 

There ya go ! Always learning !

 

100% true !!
but seeing it in the hand & you know 'about' what length it is....

 

Eh, my hand, largish for a woman, is about three inches across the fingers, my brother's hand is at least an inch wider, I dated a man whose hand made mine look like a child's, and conversely, a good friend, female, of average stature, has very long slender fingers and hands, making mine look gigantic even though our fingers are about the same length...

~Cheryl

 

Yes...I understand that....I was suggesting a more relative less exact length of less than 6 inches and more that 3....
my meaning was that from the photo, one would understand that the item was not 2 inches long, nor would it be 10 inches long.

I am the 1st one here to chastise the non disclosure of an exact size.....but around Christmas....I can usually be found to be less harsh & demanding...
usually....

 

That's it! It does have the pin on the back. I haven't seen it in so long, I only saw it in my pictures and didnt realize. Thank you

 

Ha! First time we were able to identify a piece in precious materials which has a pin at back as a brooch

Welcome on board, dylanm, and kudos for the nice photos of your beautiful jewel in your post!