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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 1648721, member: 111&quot;]Eh, that Poshmark seller is just way, way off.&nbsp; Sturdy plastic sequins like these weren&#039;t in existence until around the 1930s, a bit prior to that they were very delicate, made of brittle or even water-soluble materials, and metal was used before that - I&#039;d guess 1940s-&#039;60s for this bag and the other.&nbsp; The gate-top frame was in use from at least around the turn of the century, more often on crocheted, fabric and/or beaded bags (they could be purchased for home craft too), Whiting &amp; Davis started using the gate-top in the 1920s and continued into &#039;60s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My first W&amp;D armor-mesh bag was a gate-top with unusual plates textured with tiny circles, purchased at a flea market when I was in high school - any plating other than on the top of the cap was gone, so it had a soft brass surface, and it was coming apart, but still had the original lining and label wadded in it, can remember finding very thin brass rod at a local hardware store to make jump-rings because brass wire of the same diameter was too flimsy (still have a few of those tiny rings), took a lot of hours to put it back together, carefully bending the little prongs on the back of the plates over the rings, washing the lining and stitching it back in place, but it has always continued to give me pleasure every time I hold it...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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