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Relic Discussion => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: emike123 on July 03, 2017, 03:55:45 PM

Title: Summer doldrums
Post by: emike123 on July 03, 2017, 03:55:45 PM

All the boxes are packed for Richmond, and things are otherwise slow in the accumulations dept. in anticipation of the big show in 12 days.  But we never rest in our pursuit of Civil War stuff so here are a few things that have walked in the door in the past couple weeks:

>> 2 large silver spoons marked "9th Artillery" on the back and "J.P. Holden" on the front.  This guy was an enlisted man in a New York artillery unit and the spoons were made in Ithaca, NY.

>> A hard to find portfire cutter with arsenal stamps.  On the reverse is "NJ" so I am guessing issued to a pre-war militia unit.

>> Spanner wrench that fits the holes on a CS copper adapter perfectly.  It also fits some Parrott fuses which my guess is instead what it went to.  It came with the portfire cutter and is a little twisted from use.

Title: Re: Summer doldrums
Post by: divedigger on July 03, 2017, 04:18:37 PM

oh yeah, that is some good stuff seldom encountered

Title: Re: Summer doldrums
Post by: Daveslem on July 05, 2017, 06:27:03 PM

Did someone say spoons?

Title: Re: Summer doldrums
Post by: divedigger on July 05, 2017, 08:47:33 PM

thats not nice

Title: Re: Summer doldrums
Post by: Pete George on July 06, 2017, 12:20:21 AM

The maker's-marking on the back of the spoon's stem can help you time-date it accurately. The marking seems to be written in "indented" lettering. What does it say?

Regards,
Pete

Title: Re: Summer doldrums
Post by: emike123 on July 17, 2017, 09:49:04 AM

Pete:  I did not see this request so thank you for mentioning it at the show.  I am glad I took the time to look it up:

Title: Re: Summer doldrums
Post by: alwion on July 17, 2017, 08:04:37 PM

LOL I collect these too. nice spoons