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<p>[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 9795439, member: 13823"]Someone has offered to sell me this. I may be interested BUT I don't know what it's for. She told me what she thought it was, I am somewhat skeptical.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not going to give any of my (limited) guesses on this thing as I want a broader selection of ideas. (PS- Google image search yielded nothing close)</p><p><br /></p><p>It tests as sterling, NO marks, is heavily oxidized and has a texture of tiny dots on the links and the clasps. It has a length of 15 3/8" when laid out straight. IF you clasp the two large lobster claws together the inside circumference is only 13 1/2. Both clasps swivel and have overlapping ends at their openings.</p><p><br /></p><p>The chain is graduated from about 5/8" wide triple round links down to 5.5/16" links. The object weighs 5.6 troy ounces! </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think I have?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485738[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 9795439, member: 13823"]Someone has offered to sell me this. I may be interested BUT I don't know what it's for. She told me what she thought it was, I am somewhat skeptical. I'm not going to give any of my (limited) guesses on this thing as I want a broader selection of ideas. (PS- Google image search yielded nothing close) It tests as sterling, NO marks, is heavily oxidized and has a texture of tiny dots on the links and the clasps. It has a length of 15 3/8" when laid out straight. IF you clasp the two large lobster claws together the inside circumference is only 13 1/2. Both clasps swivel and have overlapping ends at their openings. The chain is graduated from about 5/8" wide triple round links down to 5.5/16" links. The object weighs 5.6 troy ounces! What do you think I have? [ATTACH=full]485739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485738[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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