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Author Topic: Old English P/W which maker/era ?  (Read 1416 times)

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Offline malcmat

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Old English P/W which maker/era ?
« on: September 22, 2016, 05:17:47 PM »
Old English P/W But which maker/era ?
Fire polished deep depression on the base with a rough pontil scar 9cm dia x 5.5cm tall and weighs 897gr.
The 2nd inner ring of canes from the outside fluoresces.

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Malcolm 

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Re: Old English P/W which maker/era ?
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2016, 07:40:44 AM »
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Hi Malcolm.  I have had a couple with very similar canes, and concluded they were from one of the as yet unidentified factories.  I would think they were mid 19th century though.

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Re: Old English P/W which maker/era ?
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2016, 10:42:42 AM »
Thanks Alan, I had a good search for anything similar with a scramble cane area as in this one but  no luck.

Malcolm

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