Featured Interesting belt with vintage plastic hand

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Vic23, Feb 23, 2021.

  1. Vic23

    Vic23 Member

    Hi Everyone! I really like this belt, but this is the first time I see something like this. Does anyone have an idea about it`s age, maker, material and approximate worth? Of course I have my own assumptions (maybe 30s? maybe bakelite? Unfortunately couldn't find anything about "WLB" but maybe just didn't search right). Im really a beginner yet, so any insight from you would appreciated. Vic
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    some hard plastic to take screws like that....
     
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  3. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Could/would you post a photograph of the entire belt please? Could/would you also post an in focus close-up photograph of the sticker? How wide is it? How long is it? What does the other hardware look like? It appears to be leather. What color? Cordovan? Red?

    Debora
     
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  4. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    WLB could be the measures for waist, length and breadth. what's written underneath by hand ?
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Gloved hand jewellery became popular again in the Retro Era, post-WWII. So maybe this is from that era too.
     
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  6. Northern Lights Lodge

    Northern Lights Lodge Well-Known Member

    Very interesting!
     
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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    That's exactly what I was thinking. With that industrial-looking chain. Post World War II.

    Debora
     
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  8. Vic23

    Vic23 Member

    Hi! Thanks for all the answers! Im back with the measurements. Waist is 77cm (around 30-30.5 inches), the hand is is 6.6 x 2.5cm (around 2.6 x 1 inch).
    Beneath the belt it is written S41 or maybe 541/941. It is a little blurry now.
    It is leather. Color looks like on photo. Im uploading two more pictures. 2d2d72f0f8e18304566389ef9367bf8b-regi-bakelit-csatos-bor-ov.jpg
     

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  9. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    It's suede, isn't it? Red?

    Debora
     
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  10. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    I wonder whether it is a strap for something, not a belt for a person's waist. Just looking at the design makes me wonder.
     
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  11. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Would still like to see the fitting on the back by label. Looks like something is missing. Or perhaps has become unglued?

    Debora
     
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  12. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    for school books or such ?
     
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  13. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Hard to know, but that is a possibility. I really have no idea! The length of it is fairly small, although I don't know whether the measurement given included the chain or not.
     
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  14. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Looks like a belt to me. Inspired by Elsa Schiaparelli's Fall 1934 Surrealist evening belt.

    Debora

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  15. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Good find! So maybe as early as 1930s for the one in original post?
     
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  16. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    To my eye, it's late 1940s or just into the 1950s.

    Debora
     
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  17. Vic23

    Vic23 Member

    It is dark red, like in photos. And it is suede. 603a0c1308844.jpg
     
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