A thingamabob? A whatchamacallit?
A while back a good friend of mine gave me a neat western
whiskey go-with. It has a lot going for it. It's big; measuring over 5" across
and 6" long. It is heavy and, I think, made of solid brass. It's slightly
deformed, and shows evidence of being subjected to a fire.
The first thing that jumped out at me when I saw it was the
horse shoe logo of Spruance Stanley & Co., but with Wolters Bros. & Co.
name on it.
A second look revealed something else; WoTters Bros. not WoLters. Also odd, is the abbreviation of California; CALA / not Ca. or Cal.
A second look revealed something else; WoTters Bros. not WoLters. Also odd, is the abbreviation of California; CALA / not Ca. or Cal.
To me, it appears to have been part of something else. I
figured I'd toss it out there and get your take on it.
Whatizit???
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My initial inclination was that it was part of a clock. Many, many years ago, while metal detecting the site of a town in No. Cal., which burnt to the ground in it's entirety on Oct. 17, 1902, I dug something very similar, advertising Dr. Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters. Although badly deformed, it had quite obviously been an advertising clock.
A fellow collector emailed me a photo a few minutes ago. Mystery, quite obviously solved...
Thanks Brandon!
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My initial inclination was that it was part of a clock. Many, many years ago, while metal detecting the site of a town in No. Cal., which burnt to the ground in it's entirety on Oct. 17, 1902, I dug something very similar, advertising Dr. Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters. Although badly deformed, it had quite obviously been an advertising clock.
A fellow collector emailed me a photo a few minutes ago. Mystery, quite obviously solved...
Thanks Brandon!
