Author Topic: What is this? 1904 "medallion"?  (Read 1567 times)

ntmad8r1

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What is this? 1904 "medallion"?
« on: March 05, 2010, 11:47:49 am »
The medallion part is about the size of a quarter, has what appears to be mother of pearl and then a trefoil on top of the mother of pearl in Red, White, Blue, and Gold, and says St Louis '04 in it. It has a leather strap with 3 holes. It appears to be a purse or clutch adornment of some sort. Please help me if you can. Thanks in advance. Don

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Re: What is this? 1904 "medallion"?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2010, 12:18:49 pm »
It is a watch fob with strap from the World's Fair held in St. louis Missouri in 1904.  These were commonly used with pocket watches and the strap hung outside a gentleman's pants or vest pocket while the watch was secure in the pocket.  It does appear to be mother-of-pearl in back of the 'trefoil'.  Watch fobs and World's fair items are highly collectible.

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Re: What is this? 1904 "medallion"?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2010, 01:22:00 pm »
That's a good bingo , waywardang !
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Re: What is this? 1904 "medallion"?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2010, 01:51:57 pm »
Thank you so much.

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Re: What is this? 1904 "medallion"?
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2010, 04:09:55 pm »
Great Job Waywar!
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