Hi! I recently picked this up at thrift shopping not knowing what it was. I was wondering if anybody could tell me what it could be, who designed it, estimated value. To make it easier, the belt at the end has a little gold plate with the astrology signs on it.
Yeah, if it is long enough to go around a young woman, a belt. I had a similar one, a little more middle eastern looking, in the late 1960s. It was great with a pair of ivory crushed-velvet hip hugger bell bottoms & a poor boy sweater.
I don't think this is original to what ever it is. Has the zodiac signs on it. Doesn't really match the rest.
No, not very well. But there would have been something there. The chain is needed to allow for adjustment of length. It would be boring & somewhat unsightly if the chain end were left dangling unadorned. The panels on mine had a stamped design but basically were flat with the same design on each side. The dangle was the same. You don't show this from both sides. Looks to me like the links here are more repousse & not very attractive from the back. The dangle needs to be attractive on both sides, so imagine it was always different from the other stamped pieces, and lots of accessories had zodiac themes. I can't tell from pix whether or not both the last link of the chain & the bail on the dangle are soldered closed or whether one or both could have been opened to allow the attachment of a replacement dangle. If both sides are soldered closed, the dangle is probably original to it. These were not expensive, like costume jewellery. No one would bother taking it to a jeweller to have the soldering done.
My best friend and I made some jewelry for fun back in the 70s and we soldered so it could have been a home project.
Hi and WELCOME, Laura!! Without more images, it looks like if you needed more room you could just hook the belt further down the chain??? @Laura Coe, Please use the FULL IMAGE SIZE option when posting images.....here's a small tutorial if doing this on a computer......THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! SO MUCH easier for us to see to help YOU!!!!!
Exactly. Hooking into a link of the chain was the only way to fasten them. As I wrote in an earlier message: The chain is needed to allow for adjustment of length. Size would now be labeled 'one size fits most'. Maybe not most in these overfed days.
