Featured Virginia Gold

I'm pretty sure it means I am the rightful owner and it should be shipped to me promptly!

EDIT - Maybe it was a Virginia Gold tobacco promotional item?

 

Probably along the lines of "Nevada Silver", "Alaska Silver", "German Silver", "Brazil Silver", etc

 

That's what I was thinking. It might be gold-filled or something similar.

 

Don't know anything about your chain (sorry) but I live in Virginia so I'll give you a little bit of info on that. It might not be related to your chain in any way though.

Virginia has had some gold mining. There even is a gold mining museum in the county where I live though I don't think it was a big operation. I have a friend who goes gold panning and does find a bit.

Just up the road is a rather well known steeplechase, the Virginia Gold Cup, so just thought I'd throw that in just in case there is any possible connection (assume that's the race you mention). It's been going on since the 1920's. You never know when someone might stick that on something.

 

Is anything written on the watch?

 

Ellis Newton of Birmingham registered the trademark for 'Virginia Gold' in 1883. Sounds like he was quite a character - according to an 1886 Australian article, Ellis Newton was an American, born in "Boston (U.S.A.)" in 1843, he left home at 15 to become a travelling minstrel, left that to become " America's wondrous auctioneer", lived in England for eleven years, moved to Ireland, opening a large establishment in Belfast, and becoming a Master Mason, apparently leaving for Australia six months prior to the article being written, and in that short time managed to make both friends and enemies. Included in the article was this paragraph:

"Mr. Newton guarantees his watches are
what he represents, either solid English ailver
or Virginia gold, which latter is a mixture of
certain metals, for the manufacture of which
he holds a registered certificate. With regard
to this matter, Mr. Newton figured some time
ago at the High Court of Chancery, in Lon-
don, in an action before Justice Chitty, in
which the Canadian Gold Company were the
plaintiff, and Mr. Newton—sole manufacturer
of the Virginia gold—defendant The action
was brought on in 1879, and the Canadian
Gold Company sued Mr. Newton for £4000
for refusing their gold, which Mr. Newton
found out was not "good enough." Mr.
Newton took up with him 41 witnesses on
three occasions to London to prove that the
Canadian gold was not as was represented,
and after the case bad been spun out for three
years, Justice Chitty gave a decision against
the plaintiffs, and it cost the Canadian Gold
Company—which is formed of Jews—£3000."

Link to the article: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84382721

~Cheryl

 

Justice Chitty gave a decision against
the plaintiffs, and it cost the Canadian Gold
Company—which is formed of Jews—£3000."

Really.....I'm lost of the relevance ....save for a racist lilt...

 

Ya think!?!

~Cheryl

 

Makes you wonder how the case would have gone if they'd been Gentiles.

 

Have to wonder if the story was even true - sounds like the writer (if it wasn't Newton himself) just basically put down what he was told by a bit of a braggart. But there is official record of him being issued the 'Virginia Gold' trademark in 1883...

~Cheryl

 

Neat! my mothers family are in Virginia, Occoquan & Manassas area.
Yeah, I am with SIS on this chain, not a clue here

 

Too bad. As in too bad it wasn't an 18k case on a junk chain! I've found similar combinations a few times. Sometimes you get lucky and someone checks the marks on the chain and not the watch/pendant.

 

Just west of there in Fauquier County.