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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Can someone identify this antique brass and glass item?

« on: July 18, 2010, 08:34:25 pm »

Here's a link to a site of an antique microscope collector.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.antique-microscopes.com/mics.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.antique-microscopes.com/&usg=__lO6Bendjh_hv3ZxO1Ts7BDXMq38=&h=333&w=745&sz=90&hl=en&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=0HG6Wt1k8ndEOM:&tbnh=63&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dantique%2Bbrass%2Bmicroscope%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26tbs%3Disch:1

He has many pics of brass antique microscopes and could probably tell you exactly what it is

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Items that need identified, Plz.

« on: June 06, 2010, 11:47:27 am »

#2 appear to be a set of antique brass knuckles. At least that's what this says  
http://frontiergambler.blogspot.com/2009/06/brass-knuckles-aka-knuckles.html

 here's one for sale

http://www.oldwestantiques.biz/page23.php

Wow, Thanks.
When I first saw these I was like ha some brass knuckles, I put then on and they fit perfect.
But no way in my mind did I really think they were brass knuckles, just thought that would make a good pair.
It's sweet to know that they are actually knuckles, blows my mind.

I certainly wouldn't want to be on the business end of those. They didn't mess around back then.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Items that need identified, Plz.

« on: June 04, 2010, 02:24:03 pm »

#2 appear to be a set of antique brass knuckles. At least that's what this says  
http://frontiergambler.blogspot.com/2009/06/brass-knuckles-aka-knuckles.html

 here's one for sale

http://www.oldwestantiques.biz/page23.php

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Telephone

« on: May 06, 2010, 08:59:52 pm »

I saw something similar but no history

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://communitywarehouse.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/4-9-010.jpg&imgrefurl=http://estatestore.org/category/status/page/54/&usg=__D5Ykq71_j_GUVLWTSxVhO-clWwI=&h=1800&w=1200&sz=356&hl=en&start=120&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=dHvAJyoG3mxBNM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstanding%2Btelephone%26start%3D100%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 2 Fish as markings??

« on: April 29, 2010, 07:30:19 pm »

I hope it helped, it's pretty much a guess. I think Ironlord is the knowledgeable glass person here

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: 2 Fish as markings??

« on: April 29, 2010, 06:42:16 pm »

I know nothing about glass but it does look a bit like the green fish ashtrays show on the wheaton website...particula rly the one next to the blue one

http://www.wheatonclub.com/wheatonstoo.html

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Trying to help a friend find out what this is ?

« on: April 28, 2010, 06:00:36 am »

Keep that herb crusher away from this guy

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Coal Miners lunchbox

« on: April 27, 2010, 07:51:57 pm »

There's one for sale (same thing, wearever 240) on Worthpoint. I'm not signed up with them so I can't see the price. But here's the link

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-wear-ever-aluminum-miners-lunch-pail-box

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Trying to help a friend find out what this is ?

« on: April 27, 2010, 07:27:09 pm »

An old herb crusher, there's a similar one about 3/4 of the way down on this link

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aaawt.com/images/795-193-194-199-202-203_tools.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.aaawt.com/html/main_house10.html&usg=__8niyzUs69H0NYrRJPpHolB4f2fo=&h=308&w=600&sz=29&hl=en&start=5&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=huZXqIwY13CLJM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dantique%2Biron%2Bherb%2Bcrusher%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26tbs%3Disch:1

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Knights Templar Trifold jewelry?

« on: April 23, 2010, 04:57:23 pm »

I guess the right ones can fetch a good amount

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-14k-yellow-gold-Masonic-pendant-enamel-/390164705436

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Silver spoons......age?

« on: April 21, 2010, 12:32:24 am »

Close but not quite

http://www.silverpattern.com/ELLIS%20STERLING%20SILVER%20PATTERN.htm

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Dixie Can sealer

« on: April 20, 2010, 03:13:10 pm »

Here's what I found out:

George Raney founded the company in 1895 in Chapel Hill, NC and expanded it across the Southern USA. By 1914, operating as the Dixie Canner Company, the company developed a farm-home canning concept – using tin cans. Continental Can Co. acquired Dixie Canner in 1928.

In 1936 Dixie Canner moved to Athens, GA where the University of Georgia Agriculture Extension Service was developing a Community Canning concept for preserving surplus vegetables, fruits, and meats. During its heyday, Dixie Canner was an integral part of this concept as a provider of the equipment.

Dixie Canner became a separate Georgia corporation in 1945. Today, Dixie continues to fill the need for low volume canning and packaging equipment for R&D and Educational Projects, Specialty Canning and Packaging operations ... Worldwide.



Plus, it looks like they still make that, I could be wrong but the model in the website looks a lot like yours.

http://www.dixiecanner.com/1030.htm

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Another "what is it".....

« on: April 19, 2010, 07:38:22 am »

Now that my eyes are starting to fall out of my head I'm wondering if I read those marks right.
The only reference I've found so far to the 'L A' matches up with the mark of Lawrence Aitchison
of Glasgow, with dates of 1840-1859 (for flatware)!  But the anchor/lion are still attributed to
Birmingham.

Same here, the "i" puts it at 1908

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Any info on this chair would be greatly appreciated

« on: April 17, 2010, 12:48:10 pm »

I tried zooming in on the symbol and, to me, it looked like this:



The picture is from a website about Irish symbolism and here is what they say about it:

 The beehive on the architecture of the Bank of America building in Baltimore Maryland. This symbol, like the pyramid, represents an orderly, hierarchical society, the neo-feudal system so beloved of the oligarchs. Around this patently Masonic symbol are oak leaves and acorns.


http://www.irishoriginsofcivilization.com/appendices/druidicsymbolism.html         
 It's way down at the bottom of the page.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Info on this cat corkscrew please

« on: April 17, 2010, 04:48:35 am »

I'm probably totally off base but I'd guess the Gunga Din reference probably has to do with a corkscrew helping to supply your liquid.