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Souvenirs from
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5076 6034 A
pair of cuff links and a diecast brass key ring showing the Swedish crown
and the founding date of 1607 for Skultuna, a name that is still in use for
domestic products. |
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2676 Many unusual or
miniature items have been called ‘apprentice pieces’ for want of a better
description but this pair of bookends have an undeniable provenance as test
pieces. Manufacture of this type of component calls up knowledge of gear
cutting and other skills needed by the US Navy in a repair shop. Each is
made from two parts. There is a fully machined gear section mounted on a
toothed rack milled from brass bar stock. The left side is neatly engraved:
‘Machinery Repairman School USNJC San Diego 33, California’ and the other:
‘Edward J. Harner M.R. Class No. 16-58’ and both are well finished with
pride. Each is 120mm (4¾”) long and weighs nearly 770g (1lb 11oz).
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1165 Swedish
promotional penholder made from extruded brass rod of hexagon section cut
diagonally from 50mm (2") across flats, and polished. Boliden makers mark
'B' and 'F' either side of rod in a circle. 90mm x 50mm. 390g. (Metallwerken,
Vasteräs) |
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1299 Promotional
brass anvil inscribed 'To Forge our Friendship, Luther R Doebler Wolverine
Brass Representative' |
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2406 Pestle and
mortar. An international copper standards meeting was held in the works of
Hutmen Brass Works in Wrotslav, Poland in 1977. During his welcoming
address before the meeting the company chairman gave each delegate a pestle
and mortar, saying ‘If you find that you cannot agree on something, put the
different ideas in the mortar, grind them together and then pour out the
ideal compromise!’
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2513
MUELLER BRASS ANVIL, PORT HURON, MICHIGAN. The company was
incorporated in 1917 in Port Huron, Michigan and is
still providing plumbing supplies, extruded brassware and a variety of other
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1303
Ampco
paperweight. American Metal Products Co was founded in 1914 by August
Littman who developed an extra-hard copper-aluminium alloy, aluminium
bronze. Since then they have specialised in meeting demands for high
strength, low magnetic susceptibility, spark-resistance and electrical
conductivity. The paperweight is a miniature of a heavy duty bearing and is
marked 'Ampco 18-136'. |
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