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Help identify what the item was used for

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by Jose Garcia, Feb 1, 2025.

  1. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

    What was this used for? It's a brass figurine. Late 19th century (I think). But I can't figure out what it was used for.
     

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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Would/could you post a photograph of the figure taken from straight on? Something to do with music one would assume from the iconography but hard to see.

    Debora
     
  3. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

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  4. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

    Here:
     

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  5. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

    I guess it was used to hold napkins.
     
  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Given the triangle and two wind instruments, it more likely had something to do with music. You haven't posted dimensions; would you be kind enough to do so?

    Debora



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  7. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

    Height about 20 cm.
     
  8. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    It's very unlikely this object was used to store napkins. It was produced at a time when napkins were fabric-made and used for a period for time. That's why they were typically stored in individual napkin rings, so the member of the family a napkin belonged to could be identified and any stains were hidden.

    Debora
     
  9. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

    Maybe a note holder?
     
  10. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Letter holder
     
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  11. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

    Looks like it. What century is it? I think the end of the 19th
     
  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    sounds about right..;)
     
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  13. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    That's what I was thinking. It's shaped wrong to hold sheet music, but perfectly to hold mail.
     
  14. Roaring20s

    Roaring20s Well-Known Member

  15. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Is that possibly a date, mark or maker on the figure's foot at the top of the pedestal?? CLOSE-UP IS BELOW THIS FIRST IMAGE.........

    IMG_1932-gigapixel-low resolution v2-1.5x.jpeg

    POSS MARK.jpg
     
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  16. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Another vote for letter holder.
     
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  17. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Only thing that makes sense.

    Debora
     
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  18. Jose Garcia

    Jose Garcia Active Member

    No. There is nothing there
     
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  19. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I’d agree on letters. Nice ont too.
     

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