Help needed to date name tag

[Jules1066]

Hello

I’m hoping this is the right board?

I’m trying to date the type font used for this name tag. Is is mid/late Victorian?

Thanks in advance for any advice provided.

[Girl Guide]

It would help if we could see the whole tag instead of part of it.

It looks as if there is a surname on there - SAYER? Esq

Underneath it appears to say CHARING, then under again to the right KEA......

Do I take it that there is not enough name to try and trace it?

[Jules1066]

Hi
The name on the tag is I Sayer, location Charing, Kent.

I’m most interested to learn what time period this tag might date from.

Thanks

[Girl Guide]

Hhmm, I don't actually know but I'm guessing Victorian.  I don't think it is a military tag as there are no numbers on it. 

Was it my imagination or is there a hole in the middle?

The fact that Esq appears after the name would suggest a person of some standing as opposed to a labourer.

I have come across a George Edward Sayer in the 1871 census.  He is living in Charing and is a magistrate so someone of importance.

The address is Pett House, Charing, West Ashford, Kent

Registration district   West Ashford
Archive reference   RG10
Piece number   956
Folio   14
Page   2

Perhaps the Sayer on your tag is related in some way?

Maybe someone else can offer their opinion or will know the date of the tag.

[BumbleB]

I'm trying to work out what the tag is made of    And is it bracelet-type or tag-type?  As Girl Guide suggests, an image of the whole tag would be helpful.