Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears its, um, head...

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Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

None of my potential spots panned out for me this weekend, so I went for a quick walk this evening in the woods
of a property I've slammed for four years, and managed this. The property is an old river estate on the Hudson,
and there's no telling what one may run into. The object was sort of near a 19th century pottery midden, but could have just as
easily been purloined by some youth eager for a blunt object or something shiny.
The quarter is shown for scale.
 

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Re: Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

Oh my!Is that a glaze over pottery /china?
 

Re: Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

thats an interesting find, nice recovery. :icon_sunny:
 

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RELICDUDE07 said:
Oh my!Is that a glaze over pottery /china?

no, it's a heavy, copper-based alloy under that gold.
the site has produced some interesting crockery though...
 

Re: Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

Could be a ewer handle ....
 

Re: Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

Looks more like mid-Victorian period furniture decoration to me? :icon_scratch:
Very nice find! :thumbsup:
Dave
 

Re: Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

Maybe its decorative hardware from an old coffin, any cemeteries near by.
 

Re: Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

Cleaned yet?
 

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As per Crusader's suggestion, I soaked the object in lemon juice for ten minutes (actually did it twice)
and revealed quite a bit more gilt. still have to get into the crevasses with a toothpick, but it's starting
to look more and more like something I could mount to the barn door...
 

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dwayne sueño said:
As per Crusader's suggestion, I soaked the object in lemon juice for ten minutes (actually did it twice)
and revealed quite a bit more gilt. still have to get into the crevasses with a toothpick, but it's starting
to look more and more like something I could mount to the barn door...

Yeap, I knew it would look good under there, it does tend to 'red' up the areas not covered in gilt & you have to watch for pealing, but it looks stable enough & came up good :headbang:
 

Re: Big, Gold-Plated, Victorian Leggy Thing rears it's, um, head...

I'd zip tie that thing on the shaft of my detector, and have some bling!

Metal detector hood ornamint
 

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