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- Jul 2, 2012
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Was exploring a section of woods I'd not been to yet when I happened across what I think was an old fire pit. There was a lot of iron and glass, some intact and some not, in the area. I found a vise, from The Erie Tool Works of Erie, PA:
Next to it was this draft for a stovepipe:
Then there was this leaf spring, possibly from a wagon or a buggy:
Then some large iron pieces I've since identified as coming from a vintage 1920s Regent upright piano:
There were also two sets of chains, which I didn't take pics of, and here are the unknown bottles I found that I left there:
And then the four I did bring home (because they were smaller); the first on the left is a vintage Brite-Ace shoe polish bottle. The first three from the left are squarish and the last one on the right is round:
I read somewhere that cast iron was the plastic of its day. "Graniteware", named for patterns such as this, was produced from 1870-1948, although this chamber pot no longer has a makers mark (if there ever was one to begin with) so its true age is unknown.
And finally, this pipe vise was attached to a foundation slab alongside a vacant house that I think was once used as an early radio or weather station:
On the base plate, the printing (as far as I can see) says: "Genuine / Vulcan / No. 2 / V4T_ 4 in Pipe / (illegible) / ___ Williams & Co"
On the side, it says simply "Genuine Vulcan No. 2"
Any further information on any of these items is appreciated. HH!
EDIT: Crap, I forgot about the abandoned manure spreader (pun not intended, lol).
Next to it was this draft for a stovepipe:
Then there was this leaf spring, possibly from a wagon or a buggy:
Then some large iron pieces I've since identified as coming from a vintage 1920s Regent upright piano:
There were also two sets of chains, which I didn't take pics of, and here are the unknown bottles I found that I left there:
And then the four I did bring home (because they were smaller); the first on the left is a vintage Brite-Ace shoe polish bottle. The first three from the left are squarish and the last one on the right is round:
I read somewhere that cast iron was the plastic of its day. "Graniteware", named for patterns such as this, was produced from 1870-1948, although this chamber pot no longer has a makers mark (if there ever was one to begin with) so its true age is unknown.
And finally, this pipe vise was attached to a foundation slab alongside a vacant house that I think was once used as an early radio or weather station:
On the base plate, the printing (as far as I can see) says: "Genuine / Vulcan / No. 2 / V4T_ 4 in Pipe / (illegible) / ___ Williams & Co"
On the side, it says simply "Genuine Vulcan No. 2"
Any further information on any of these items is appreciated. HH!
EDIT: Crap, I forgot about the abandoned manure spreader (pun not intended, lol).
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