Horn Medal / Pendant with gold letter (Chinese ?)

Eh, should forgive 'antiquesathome' and 'SurreyAntiques' - both of their profiles claim they're 120 years old, surely a bit of rudeness is allowable at that advanced age...

~Cheryl

 

I wonder if they are one and the same person?

 

Ya think?

~Cheryl

 

I'm going back to eating abalone now.

 

I didn't witnessed all the dispute, just wanted to say that, to my eyes, it looks like dry\weathered pressed turtle shell.

 

Funny that you said that as some part of a turtle crossed my mind but I’ve a lot of turtle (a 70s hippie bag made out of a shell-cowboy boots, etc) and I know that turtle shell has tiles (scales) so I eliminated that. Never would have thought of abalone but as soon as I looked at the striated patterning against komokwa’s pics I saw that it was spot on. I never knew it was used without the high finish.

 

I don't see any nacreous origin indication... Horn and turtle shell can be worked\assembled by heat, steam and press, nearly as plastic. I had an old battered dark turtle shell hair brush that showed that "swirl" pattern, except it was still rather shiny

 

Interesting. TY Do you not think it’s abalone? I have never knowingly seen manipulated turtle shell.

 

I don’t think abalone, plus OP said a light shine through...

 

TY Too bad we’re in the time of covid or I’d suggest the piece be taken to a local natural history museum.

 

You would never know,see video.

 

OP....said lots of things !!!
I'd be willing to see an example of this turtle you're talking about ..!

I luv craftspeople who work with their hands....

 

Interesting but what I meant was that I’ve never seen turtle shell manipulated to completely change the patterning of the shell. Sorry I wasn’t clear.