Jews harp

[Nail Digger]

Jew's harp

Any of you guys found a jew's harp of this design, with the large bow? This one's about 2 1/4" long. Just trying to put a date on it. I'm digging a homesite that seems to date to the 1830's, maybe earlier. This harp wasn't found at the homesite, but was within a few hundred yards, on the same hilltop.

 

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[Michelle]

Re: Jew's harp

yep.missin the doda.....nice

 

[diggummup]

Re: Jew's harp

I don't know,sort of resembles this one.I've looked at old ones and new ones and i've seen the wide examples in each.I don't know if it's possible to date it by the size of the bow.Does it look like the ends are rusted off,looks awful short? Here's a link of pictoral archives you can check out-http://www.jewsharpguild.org/paindx.htmlThis one is pre ww2-

 

[PBK]

Re: Jew's harp

I'm not sure how much "style drift" there is in Jew's harps from the mid 1800's on. Some of the ones from Civil War camps have fairly large, oval or D-shaped bows. However, the really old ones— say, Rev. War to early 1800's— generally have smaller and somewhat rounder bows. For example:

 

[Angelo]

Re: Jew's harp

With Diggumup and Pbk's info it's close to being solved.

Nice Job!!

You two together are almost as good as me

Tony

 

[PBK]

Re: Jew's harp

With Diggumup and Pbk's info it's close to being solved.
Nice Job!!
You two together are almost as good as me
Tony

Let me borrow that lasso for a second, sonny!