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Title: What is this??
Post by: hambiscuit on December 10, 2012, 04:21:39 PM: Can you identify this old clamp that is labelled L&D Depose?

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=120984313587
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: bigwull on December 10, 2012, 04:31:19 PM: translation....but what you,d use it for...i don,t have the foggiest... :D..translation of main title

Clip jump Creek accessory fashion Folk Art



Authentic old clip jump Creek (circa 1900)... in nickel-plated metal (chrome color)...

L & D deposited signature

Good condition of use and operation
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: mart on December 10, 2012, 07:24:47 PM: Looks like something a lady would use to keep a wrap around her shoulders !! Clip it on the front and it doesn`t fall off !! Just guessing though !! We had something similar but two clips and small chain !! I really have no idea !!
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: wendy177 on December 10, 2012, 07:45:01 PM: Looks to be a vintage glove holder / clip kinda like this one. They came in many shapes & forms

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-40S-GOLD-TONED-METAL-HAND-GLOVE-HOLDER-CLIP-/360530586100?pt=Vintage_Costume_Jewelry&hash=item53f14c29f4
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: mart on December 10, 2012, 07:50:12 PM: I am guessing a belt went through the chain ???
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: wendy177 on December 10, 2012, 08:10:32 PM: Actually mart you would hook the chain to your purse and clip the gloves with the pincher's :)
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: mart on December 10, 2012, 09:31:20 PM: Shows you what I know !! I was not much on lady like stuff !! But learned something new !! Thanks Wendy !!
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: bigwull on December 11, 2012, 01:26:37 AM: Quote from: wendy177 on December 10, 2012, 07:45:01 PM
Looks to be a vintage glove holder / clip kinda like this one. They came in many shapes & forms

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-40S-GOLD-TONED-METAL-HAND-GLOVE-HOLDER-CLIP-/360530586100?pt=Vintage_Costume_Jewelry&hash=item53f14c29f4
Na ..its no one of them...
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: bigwull on December 11, 2012, 01:30:06 AM: Quote from: wendy177 on December 10, 2012, 08:10:32 PM
Actually mart you would hook the chain to your purse and clip the gloves with the pincher's :)
seems such a palavar...to go through...when you can simply stuff yer gloves in your pocket..or in the case of the ladeeeees..yer bags.... ;D
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: cogar on December 11, 2012, 04:00:05 AM: I didn't see any "spring" on it ..... thus it is a "tension" or "gravity" clamp for holding an item in a vertical position ..... via the weight of the clamp itself holding it closed.

Looks like ya could put a sheet of paper or a photo in the clamp and it would dangle there until you pulled it out.
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: KC on December 11, 2012, 11:15:56 AM: What is the size of it?
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: KC on December 13, 2012, 01:06:42 AM: This can also be a variation of this!

"Dress Lifter
Women relied on these little tongs to hoist up their skirt hems when crossing dirty streets. The 1880s silver-plated artifact — featuring the pantomime character Pierrot — would probably garner $120."
(http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/1u/Charms-dress-lifter-0211-mdn.jpg)
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: sapphire on December 13, 2012, 01:51:36 AM: Quote from: KC on December 13, 2012, 01:06:42 AM
Women relied on these little tongs to hoist up their skirt hems when crossing dirty streets.
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Quote from: bigwulllink=topic=12699.msg77588#msg77588 date=1355178679
..translation of main title

......Authentic old clip jump Creek (circa 1900)... in nickel-plated metal (chrome color)...

Dirty, as in raw sewage?..........jump the 'creek' ??

Sure seems to tie in. Nice one KC! ;)
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: sapphire on December 13, 2012, 02:08:58 AM: http://www.mullocksauctions.co.uk/lot-47272-late_20thc_ladies_nickel_silver_tennis_skirt_lifter.html

"Late 20thc Ladies nickel silver tennis skirt lifter – stamped Bijou to the stem and c/w original inlaid pads – overall 3.5|"
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: wendy177 on December 13, 2012, 05:22:19 AM: Cool!! Nice KC & Sapphire!!
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: cogar on December 13, 2012, 07:48:13 AM: Good find, Sapphire, .... I can see the mechanism better in that picture.

It's a per say "spreader clamp" and doesn't need a leaf/coil spring to function.

Similar principle as the old "push-on" wooden clothes (line) pins.
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: KC on December 13, 2012, 10:47:28 AM: MYSTERY SOLVED!!!!
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: mart on December 13, 2012, 02:43:37 PM: I think hands would be easier just to lift a skirt !!
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: greenacres on December 13, 2012, 09:28:46 PM: One wouldn't be enough would it? They must of been used when they wore long skirts. The peice would have been use to make the skirt shorter, so they could run. Am I not right? In those days they held extra ball in their hand. If you watch older people play you'll notice it sometimes.
Title: Re: What is this??
Post by: sapphire on December 13, 2012, 09:31:04 PM: Might be something Tales could make use of ................... ... ;)