Featured Smelling salts bottle?

It ought to have a duty head on it, that may be what you're seeing.

 

Is it lined with glass?

 

Johnny - I'm truly sorry, but keep coming back to this piece, trying to fight what my gut is telling me...

It appears to have proper Charles May 1890 silver hallmarks (CM, sideways anchor, q, lion passant), but they are a bit unclear, placed as they are in the design (which also looks 'wrong', more cast than worked), they should have remained fairly crisp since not subject to much wear, really, the metal just looks so thick and heavy in general. The 'gold' is very bright, and it appears to show some small chips exposing a white metal base; and it should have a glass liner with, originally, a glass stopper, and every piece (which on a typically constructed piece like this, would be the body, lid, collar, and base), should bear at least partial marks - this piece looks to be only two pieces, with the base just completely wrong, and it reminds me of costume jewelry, even the ring isn't quite right - typically, chatelaine scent bottles have two rings to keep the bottle upright, though the occasional piece will have only one, usually, butnot always, under the hinge (personally, suspect those few were 'adapted').

Believe your piece is a modern recast, started poking around to see what turned up, and suspect this is the origin of your item: https://www.etsy.com/listing/156827...e?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=anchored_listing







~Cheryl

 

AHA! I was trying to think what that base reminded me of. 1928 Company!

 

Apparently this lady has access to 1928's pewter castings: https://www.bsueboutiques.com/B-sue-by-1928-s/1926.htm


https://www.bsueboutiques.com/1928-Jewelry-Company-Pill-Bottle-Necklace-02191-p/1928-02191.htm






~Cheryl

 

I thought this could be possible too, but didn't type it.

 

I had not heard of this before.

 

Oh my goodness - you must not have been in a costume jewelry section of a 1970s-'80s department store, stuff was all over the place...

Still in business: https://www.1928.com/pages/about-us

https://www.1928.com/products/antiq...ndant-necklace-30?_pos=7&_sid=1f10faccc&_ss=r

~Cheryl

 

By jove I think youve got it Cheryl ! Thank you SO much for all your research ! Of course Id have preffered it to be something other than what it appears to be , but thats all part of the game isnt it ? At least for a little while it was fun to think about . Thank you everyone for the input ,always appreciated .

 

I used to go to their factory outlet store in Burbank. They also did the Oscar Berebi stuff, which I'm rather fond of.

 

Thanks, Cheryl, no, I didn't have enough money to buy jewelry during those decades, so I didn't look at much bling!

Is it gold plated?

 

Apparently,but the lead thing explains the weight of it for sure. Gold plated lead would be my summation.

 

Also used for perfume by Faberge in the past few years.