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Title: id please Post by: db4 on March 23, 2011, 04:51:06 PM can anyone help the first 4 obj's were found in same field, the first may be pewter.
No. 2 like a small nut cracker flat base on 1 leg and pointed on other No. 3 works in reverse to tweezers (press together and tips open) No. 4 I think may be horse deco ? No. 5 was found @ framton cotterell dwralley its pewter coated in silver there is a 3 feather emblem on bottom was it used before george lll ? Title: Re: id please Post by: The Doc on March 23, 2011, 06:03:25 PM Interesting items. I think 1, 4 and 5 are all harness mounts. The second are indeed nutcrackers. Don't know what No 3 is sorry.
Title: Re: id please Post by: db4 on March 23, 2011, 06:42:17 PM thanks peterh but a bit small for nutcracker only 4" long
Title: Re: id please Post by: The Doc on March 23, 2011, 07:03:04 PM thanks peterh but a bit small for nutcracker only 4" long That's the usual size for 18th to 19th century nutcrackers. See here for similar: http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=269&stype=1&si=nut&perpage=12&sort=1&stype=&limit=&cat=269&ppuser= (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=269&stype=1&si=nut&perpage=12&sort=1&stype=&limit=&cat=269&ppuser=) Title: Re: id please Post by: db4 on March 23, 2011, 07:11:04 PM thank for that
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