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Marks of Unknown Makers
All 'unknowns' have been collected together
from the marks pages.
This makes a very large page that takes a very
long time to download.
Unknown Marks
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Can You Identify These?
On this page we will be putting up some illustrations of items that have
questions unanswered.
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Hollow Vessel with through pipe.
Perhaps of early Victorian period, this initially looks like a brandy
warmer. It is made of copper and lined with tin. The handle is of late
Georgian form. Unusually, it has a pipe leading right through
it, starting in the hollow base, tapering upwards and swept over the rim. It
is 150mm (6") high to the rim and has a parallel body 47mm (2")
diameter. There is a 30mm diameter
hole in the base which leads up through the tapering tube through the body to
the bent spout at the lip. The
interior of the vessel is probably tinned and the interior of the ‘flue’
enamelled black. What
was it used for? Was it made for the medical profession? In four years
there has been no authoritative answer!
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If you have ideas, please let us know on vin@oldcopper.org
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Decorated Dish and Vases These were bought some
years ago. They are good quality brassware with an intriguing applied
copper decoration having an appearance that is perhaps Japanese or Chinese.
The two small vases are 120mm (4 3/4") tall and, strangely, have pennies from the reign
of King George V let in to the bases. Similar items have not been seen
recently. Does this style of decoration have a name? (Identified
as Japanese Shakudo
ware, see Wikipedia and elsewhere.)
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M.T.E initials on an
excellently cast emblem with a strong arm design used on the handle of a
toasting fork. Could it be a souvenir
from Marston, Thompson and Evershed Breweries of Burton-on-Trent or Massey
Truck Engineering? Marston was formed by amalgamation in 1905 and taken over
by Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries in 1999 so could well have sponsored
this item. Information welcome. A similar emblem was also used by HMS Fisgard navy training
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Veritas Brand pot with spout and handle.
At first sight this looks like a conventional small tea pot
but the spot is a very large diameter and the handle is horizontal. There
is a small hole at the top where a knob might have been fixed but this is not a
filler cap. Underneath
it has the heart-shaped trade mark of 'Veritas' who were well known for their oil
stoves. Diameter 125mm (5"). Diameter of spout approx 25mm
(1").
Is it a Picnic kettle? Did it have a wick in that spout
or was it some type of oil lamp filler? It looks a bit like some miners' lamps
but lacks the hook handle and filler cap. At a recent local meeting of the
Historic Lighting Club, nobody knew.
Now identified as the kettle top section of the Veritas
'Ariel Whistling Bedroom Kettle and Heater'. It should stand on
special spirit burner stand and hold enough water for two cups of tea.
The 1923 Steadman catalogue shows it with a price of 15/- (£0.75p) each.
(Thanks to Clive Greathurst).
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Makers and their
Marks
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