Featured Antique Silver-Mounted Leather Wallet/Purse

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  1. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Cute little wallet or purse thing with silver mountings...

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    Shangas, Mar 26, 2019
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    What kind of leather is that?
     
    Bakersgma, Mar 26, 2019
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    Debora, Mar 26, 2019
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  4. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Looks like alligator/crocodile leather.
     
    2manybooks, Mar 26, 2019
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    any alligators in Australia..?
     
    komokwa, Mar 26, 2019
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  6. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    No, but plenty of crocs.
     
    Shangas, Mar 26, 2019
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  7. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    I will love to see you restore this!
     
    antidiem, Mar 27, 2019
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  8. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Oh I'm not doing anything to it. It doesn't require any work :)
     
    Shangas, Mar 27, 2019
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  9. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I was wondering whether this would be considered a note case, from when bank notes were various sizes, some quite large by today's standards.
     
    Bronwen, Mar 27, 2019
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  10. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    Probably normal animal leather, leather workers are very skilled in producing reptile looking leathers by embossing and heating processes, have been for centuries. There is a large leather museum locally with craftsman leather workers demonstrating, among other things, how to produce reptile looking leather from plain calf or pig.
    At the time and probably nowadays the appearance was more important than the reality.
     
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  11. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    Kind of like this one. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    Crocodile steals man's fish - run bro'!!!!! :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

     
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  12. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    The interior is pigskin. I dunno about the exterior.
     
    Shangas, Mar 27, 2019
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  13. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    Still looks expensive. Let's go with croc.
     
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  14. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    Will you oil it up?
     
    antidiem, Mar 27, 2019
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  15. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    I think it's croc
     
    antidiem, Mar 27, 2019
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