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  1. Steve(Can)

    Another brass/bronze decorative piece(s) from near the War of 1812 tavern site - found this yesterday

    ...something similar From the link below: w 514. An American Gilt Bronze Girandole Figure of an Indian Holding a Rifle, mid-19th c., possibly Cornelius & Co., Philadelphia, a variant on the “Warrior with Musket” model of c. 1845-1860, height 8 1/2 in., on a light gray marble base 4 in. square...
  2. Steve(Can)

    Another brass/bronze decorative piece(s) from near the War of 1812 tavern site - found this yesterday

    for comparison
  3. Steve(Can)

    Another brass/bronze decorative piece(s) from near the War of 1812 tavern site - found this yesterday

    from the link below: Antique Pair GIRANDOLE Bronze Figural Candle Holders Native American Inspired 15.5 inchesAntique Pair GIRANDOLE Bronze Figural Candle Holders Native American Inspired 15.5 inches https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-pair-girandole-bronze-figural-1940115001
  4. Steve(Can)

    Another brass/bronze decorative piece(s) from near the War of 1812 tavern site - found this yesterday

    Thanks FH. The last button posted of the croc and porcupine was a great example of brass work based on existing art. The plumed feathers on your piece looked really familiar for some reason. Great find and good catch with the litho! Gonna keep looking around a bit, the thing with cast metal was...
  5. Steve(Can)

    Another brass/bronze decorative piece(s) from near the War of 1812 tavern site - found this yesterday

    Artists are notorious from borrowing references from existing images and it's not uncommon to find similar elements from earlier work. Below is an engraved drawing of the Native American Creek Indian tribe, from the book 'Ridpath's Universal history' by John Clark Ridpath, 1897 Below is a...
  6. Steve(Can)

    Another brass/bronze decorative piece(s) from near the War of 1812 tavern site - found this yesterday

    Great find, FH. Puts me in mind of a state coat of arms I've seen somewhere.
  7. Steve(Can)

    Button Help Please.

    Dice it and you got shish kabob. :razz:
  8. Steve(Can)

    The first time my grandfather and grandmother spoke...

    Kids entering university this year were born in 2003. That was the year the Iraq War began, french fries were renamed freedom fries, sky marshals began to sit in on airline travel, Saddam Hussein was captured, "do not call" lists were started to limit telemarketing calls. Itunes was launched by...
  9. Steve(Can)

    Cutting motor co

    From the pics in the sales brochures... radiator cap maybe?
  10. Steve(Can)

    Cutting motor co

    Cutting Motor Car, 1913 sales brochure
  11. Steve(Can)

    Cutting motor co

    Cutting Motor Cars, sales brochure 1911
  12. Steve(Can)

    Speechless and Humbled

    Whyte Lye? :nono: :ROFLMAO:
  13. Steve(Can)

    Speechless and Humbled

    Wow, Ronstar. A find of a lifetime! What a story! :clap:
  14. Steve(Can)

    Button Help Please.

    For comparison, button and family crest. The Speke crest was unique with the word NILE included, not a common thing with family heraldry. Sure looks like the word NILE in the banner on the button as well. Even the bars under the croc and the porcupine are similar, 6 segments under each. I'd...
  15. Steve(Can)

    Button Help Please.

    Yep... William Speke of Jordans, Coat of Arms
  16. Steve(Can)

    Button Help Please.

    Below is a family crest granted to William Speke ((1798–1887) in honour of his son John Hanning Speke's (1827–1864) discovery of the source of the Nile, granted after his son's death. It is a representation of flowing water superinscribed with the word Nile, with crocodile and a hippopotamus and...
  17. Steve(Can)

    Button Help Please.

    Sorry I laughed, seemed a strange pair an alligator and a porcupine,,, can't make out the writing on the banner. Appears there is a crested porcupine that lives in africa... it does not climb trees, but can swim. It looks like the porcupine on your button. No alligators in africa, but there are...
  18. Steve(Can)

    Button Help Please.

    By the backmark, it is a British button produced somewhere around 1875 https://www.angelfire.com/wa/dianaspage/BritishButtonBackmarks.html
  19. Steve(Can)

    POEMS--

    Ma, times may change, but yesterday, today, forever, God does not change. Nor do any of his promises. Your poem stands the test of time, Ma, and is just as relevant for today as it was in 1987, maybe even more so! Please check your private messages. :thumbup: s.
  20. Steve(Can)

    TRIAL

    Poem See Ma, just like that and done! Told you I have flying fingers on the keyboard. Next! :LOL:
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