This isn't mine, but I am trying to help identify it for the digger that did.
He says it was, "dug between an old canal bed and Erie RR line near Port Jervis NY. There was a Fowler House in town in the 1800's that later became the Hotel Mitchell. The number on the larger part was the address of the Fowler House. I have been unable to find any information about the Holland House. It appears to be made of brass or copper and the large "horseshoe" has 3 legs on it that remind me of a trivet. The large shoe is approx 4" by 31/2" and the total length of the tow pieces together is about 7 1/2" I checked online and with local historians and have no idea what it was used for. Any ideas?"
I have tried researching it, but I come up empty handed as well.
He says it was, "dug between an old canal bed and Erie RR line near Port Jervis NY. There was a Fowler House in town in the 1800's that later became the Hotel Mitchell. The number on the larger part was the address of the Fowler House. I have been unable to find any information about the Holland House. It appears to be made of brass or copper and the large "horseshoe" has 3 legs on it that remind me of a trivet. The large shoe is approx 4" by 31/2" and the total length of the tow pieces together is about 7 1/2" I checked online and with local historians and have no idea what it was used for. Any ideas?"
I have tried researching it, but I come up empty handed as well.
