Featured Antique owl book chain???

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  1. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

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    I thought this was so unique. I figured by the spring ring that it is antique. I’m calling it a bookchain but am I wrong. I can’t find anything like it. The bottom I thought would open but there is no hinge. Looks like onyx and carnelian on the other side. I think it is plated or filled.

    what do guys think about the age, origin and anything else! The owls are so cute!!!

    it’s the weekend!! 3 days. Woot woot
     
    gauntlettgems, Oct 9, 2020
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  2. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    That clasp is called a sport ring and is earlier than the ones with the tabs ;)
     
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  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    No, you are correct.
     
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  4. patd8643

    patd8643 Well-Known Member

    Book chains usually have the same design on both sides of the chain. Does yours?
     
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  5. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    @patd8643 No, thetop pic shows both sides Owl face and a starburst like pattern on the other
     
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    it's still sweet !!! Hoot Hoot !!!!!:hilarious:
     
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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    WANT!
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    NEED!:D
     
    Any Jewelry, Oct 10, 2020
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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Get in line, you. ;)

    I love the wee owls on the chain.
     
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  10. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    I think it was a really good purchase. Very unusual, and people love owls! I think it has some definite age-- first half of the 20th century I would think.
     
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  11. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    Well, at least it seems to be remotely desirable! Lol. I’m trying to research to list it properly. Wish me luck!
     
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  12. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    What a lovely piece. I love things like this. Duffers question here- does book chain relate to the shape of the links or anything to do with books?
     
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  13. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    That is really nice - I'd think circa 1880s, likely rolled gold...

    ~Cheryl
     
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  14. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    I’m not that versed in the style but supposedly it’s because the links looked like books.

    Oooh, 1880. Cool!!!
     
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  15. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member


    Kind of screams that period, right down to that 'square-on-point' pendant, with the owl a popular motif. Can't shake the feeling I've seen a similar pendant/fob charm in one of my books or catalog, or maybe just when I was looking for a fob charm to use as a pendant. No time to poke through my references at the moment, but here is a page of similar chains on Morning Glory's site, taken from an 1887-89 Roddin & Co. catalog, a Chicago wholesale jeweler:

    https://www.morninggloryjewelry.com...dwardian/victorian-photos-lockets-and-slides/
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    ~Cheryl
     
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    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

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