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What-is-it question CXXII.
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:23 pm
by 2209patrick
This sterling silver item is hallmarked Birmingham 1935.
Estimate the length at about 2.5 inches ( 6.35 cm.).
What was it used for ?
Pat.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:28 pm
by dragonflywink
Lemon juicer?
~Cheryl
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:56 pm
by 2209patrick
Hi Cheryl.
No, it's not a lemon juicer.
This item has nothing to do with food.
Pat.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:27 pm
by dragonflywink
Pat, is it open or closed at the the bottom?
~Cheryl
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:46 pm
by JLDoggett
Wrere it bigger I would say a posie holder, but its diminutative size says a lapel vase for a dandy's buttonier.
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:50 am
by dognose
Hi,
Agree, just the sort of thing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot would wear.
Trev.
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:03 am
by 2209patrick
Hi everyone.
Cheryl, my book does not provide a picture of the bottom.
I assumed it was closed, but am not sure.
JLDoggett, lapel vase is close enough for me, well done.
Book calls it a buttonhole flower holder.
Some lapel vases are attached to the lapel with a pin and not pushed through the buttonhole.
Pat.
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