Odd crude metallic owl dated 1694 cannot I.D. makers mark

[Rediscovered]

Hello I am new to the forum, I recently purchased a box containing a collection of various owl figurines most made of wood, ceramic and brass. But one of these pieces is quite interesting I cannot determine what type of metal it is crafted in, It measures 7.5 cm tall and 5 cm in width it weighs approximately 263.5 grams. The odd thing about it is it has a crude date and name possibly carved in the bottom of the fiqure I can make out 1694 and what looks like a name I cannot make out. I have put an Ice Cube against the surface and it dissolved quite rapidly I have no access to a chemical testing kit at the moment and am hoping I can possibly learn more about this object from the expertise of the treasurenet members, thanks for your help looking forward to reading any ideas of origin, metal type, text etc.

 

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[SkaBa]

Pics please.

 

[Rediscovered]

I am having trouble finding out how to upload the pics I have taken I will post photo bucket links momentarily

 

[Ant]

Hi welcome to T-Net but:

 

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[motel6.5]

Thats not a date its a number denoteing its the 16xx"s number of owls produced or inventory #.

 

[Ant]

I can tell you that the engraving was done with an electric engraving tool similar to this:
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrTcXyWLi1Vbg0A7qyInIlQ?ei=UTF-8&n=60&p=electric+engraver&fr2=sp-qrw-corr-top&norw=1

 

[Subterranean]

It is a modernist aluminum owl figurine made by Hoselton out of Canada. Sub

 

[tokenhead]

HOSELTON,Canada...It IS an inventory # but the Company that made the is HOSELTON of Canada...I own one myself,Pretty cool.Book's around $25.00-30.00 BUT now you know so search! HAPPY HUNTING ALL!!!
Ofcourse other member's got it 1st.!!!

 

[Mackaydon]

Welcome to Treasure Net !
As mentioned above, that 'date' could also be a coded 'run' number or coded model number.
Don....

 

[Rediscovered]

That's great thanks so much guys for the quick response and all the information. Very satisfied knowing it's origin now. Kinda bummed it wasn't silver :S lol but hey you win some you lose some thanks again guys for solving this for me, love the site will continue posting my finds

 

[tamrock]

I have a flying goose made by the same guy somewhere in a box in the garage I got for a quarter at a yardsale ...MJM579 found a whale by the same maker http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/garage-sale-finds/433053-metal-whale-figurine-signature-help.html