Featured It's Pairpoint, but what is it?

Doesn't look right for half a buckle....

 

The drapery on the sides is an indication of its orientation, which makes it even more confusing.
So the first photo is upside down, it is a shield shape.

 

I know, isn't it weird?

 

Yes it is. You'd expect it to be missing something on the back of the shield, but it isn't.

 

Maybe research the number on the back? There could be records of Pairpoint designs.

 

I had similar before

My thought was for holding a book open to a page

 

Money clip?

 

Napkin clip=>
?

 

Constructed like this one.

https://poshmark.com/listing/SALE-V...MIsYD1v9eUgwMV4RatBh1NKQOxEAQYAiABEgJBFvD_BwE

Debora

 

yup....

 

& yup again....

remember ..old fabric napkins were thick and huge....

when mom pulled them out for the holidays...I didn't know what to make of em.....they were never absorbent .....and so pretty I was afraid to get them soiled !!!!!!

ps...these were for napkins folded flat......
napkin rings.......for ones rolled up...!

 

only if u had a wad that could choke a horse !!!!

 

Bingo! Napkin clip it is, thanks folks. Mystery solved.

 

when I started buying British sterling I bought some of these thinking they were money clips...........but I was young and learning back then..

 

Never heard of a napkin clip before.

 

Ditto. We used napkin rings at home.

 

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