Another Confederate was feeling creative... SOLVED

[kyphote]

This found at the same Confederate site I've been having luck with for the past week. An obvious one of a kind, but any guess as to its possible utility? A money clip? Miniature picture frame? I've never seen anything like it. Thanks.

 

[Breezie]

Re: Another Confederate was feeling creative...

Is it lead? Breezie

 

[kyphote]

Re: Another Confederate was feeling creative...

Is it lead? Breezie

Yes, lead, sorry.

 

[Breezie]

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It looks like a picture frame to me. I've seen a few 'odd-ball' CW frames. I have one my ggrandfather made out of wrapped string around a star shaped piece of cardboard . . .well, it was called pasteboard at that time. Breezie

 

[kyphote]

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It looks like a picture frame to me, but the border doesn't look 'mammy made.' I've seen a few 'odd-ball' CW frames. I have one my ggrandfather made out of wrapped string around a star shaped piece of cardboard . . .well, it was called pasteboard at that time. Breezie

Yes, this was found among some other manly relics including a bullet transformed into a man's baby-making wand. Another sculpted into a whiskey bottle. Thanks, Breezie!

 

[DirtyMike]

Re: Another Confederate was feeling creative...

Those carved bullets is what I want to see!

 

[kyphote]

Re: Another Confederate was feeling creative...

Those carved bullets is what I want to see!

Both were already sold by my buddy who discovered the camp. Whiskey went for 80 and the male genitalia (ok, penis!) for 90. No pics, sorry.

 

[kyphote]

Re: Another Confederate was feeling creative...

Those carved bullets is what I want to see!

Both were already sold by my buddy who discovered the camp. Whiskey went for 80 and the male genitalia (ok, --deleted--!) for 90. No pics, sorry.

Feel compelled to clarify the deleted expletive. The aforementioned bullet was actually billed the "p*nis bullet" by local collectors. That's the last I'll say on the topic. Any more guesses as to the initial creation in question? Thanks.

 

[DirtyMike]

Re: Another Confederate was feeling creative...

Those carved bullets is what I want to see!

Both were already sold by my buddy who discovered the camp. Whiskey went for 80 and the male genitalia (ok, --deleted--!) for 90. No pics, sorry.

Feel compelled to clarify the deleted expletive. The aforementioned bullet was actually billed the "p*nis bullet" by local collectors. That's the last I'll say on the topic. Any more guesses as to the initial creation in question? Thanks.

I have seen a few of them in collections. One of which was quite detailed.

 

[creskol]

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You reckon it could be a lead flint holder from a Brown Bess or the likes?

 

[vayank54]

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creskol could be right. I've looked at this several times and had no idea. I have seen lead flint holders but none that fancy but the one in crekol's pic looks close. About your carved "wand" bullet. Back in the '80's a buddy and I were MDing a corn field. He hollared for me and there on top of the ground in all it's glory was a "wand" shaped piece of lead about 8 inches long with a big M carved in the side of it. I don't even want to think about the history of that certain item. When my buddy showed it to his mom she told him to get it out of the house. I guess she had no appreciation of civil war relics.

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Interesting item looks like it was mounted on a leather strap

SS

 

[kyphote]

Re: Another Confederate was feeling creative...

You reckon it could be a lead flint holder from a Brown Bess or the likes?

I'm marking this solved based on Creskol's image. You the man!