old eagle or just an ash tray?

[aa battery]

found this where a late 1800s home and store wuz torn down. Its brass no markings on the back. Straight edge fur size.

 

[aa battery]

back side

 

[traderoftreasures]

looks like some thing that we would of made in forgery/shop class at high school

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It may be machine stamped but I dont really know. Maybe this is a possibility.
http://www.swanseaheritage.net/article/gat.asp?ARTICLE_ID=211


Spelter Ash Tray
Theme : Industry

Sometimes, at the end of their working day, metal workers in the zinc industry had small amounts of molten zinc left in their crucibles. They would press shapes into damp sand and pour in the last drops of metal to make various objects to take home. Spelter is another name for zinc.

 

[aa battery]

It may be machine stamped but I dont really know. Maybe this is a possibility.
http://www.swanseaheritage.net/article/gat.asp?ARTICLE_ID=211


Spelter Ash Tray
Theme : Industry

Sometimes, at the end of their working day, metal workers in the zinc industry had small amounts of molten zinc left in their crucibles. They would press shapes into damp sand and pour in the last drops of metal to make various objects to take home. Spelter is another name for zinc.

 

[mojjax]

Maybe it's a Phoenix , you know, the bird that rises from ashes .

 

[stefen]

Brass ashtray is most likely sand mold-casted...

I'll send a PM with my shipping address

 

[ivan salis]

psst look at the sheild design of the "ash catcher part" within the eagle * its got a pointed top much like the civil war general service eagle button design --the later post war general service button eagle had a flat top sheild design--- very interesting

 

[aa battery]

Maybe it's a Phoenix , you know, the bird that rises from ashes .

ya know somebody else told me that. could be

 

[aa battery]

psst look at the sheild design of the "ash catcher part" within the eagle * its got a pointed top much like the civil war general service eagle button design --the later post war general service button eagle had a flat top sheild design--- very interesting

your right sir i think yur correct. Thanks!!

 

[mojjax]

WOW..........I just dug one up in my front yard

 

[Silver Searcher]

Looking at the fork tail, and the crest at the back of the head, it looks more like a Pheonix...not a Eagle :P but a cool find none the less

SS

 

[stefen]

Probably represents the Phoenix rising from the ashes...

Still a great find

 

[aa battery]

WOW..........I just dug one up in my front yard

wow thats really strange.

 

[stefen]

3000 miles apart...

Hmmmm!

It is strange for something so unusual...maybe we will see a plethora of identical finds...

 

[Breezie]

WOW..........I just dug one up in my front yard

Now, that is totally wild! Both appear identical and made of brass. Are they brass? If so, I'm going with a 1950's Phoenix ashtray made in India. Anyone remember those brass India shoe ashtrays? Breezie

 

[aa battery]

3000 miles apart...

Hmmmm!

It is strange for something so unusual...maybe we will see a plethora of identical finds...

uummmm wats plethora mean ?

 

[trikikiwi]

I know I have seen one before on T'Net - was that yours Mojjax?

and Breezie - yep, my parents (neither smoked ) bought a couple of those when we lived in SE Asia in the 60's - but I wouldn't pick the phoenix/eagle as Indian Brass

Cheers, Mike

 

[hogge]

3000 miles apart...

Hmmmm!

It is strange for something so unusual...maybe we will see a plethora of identical finds...

uummmm wats plethora mean ?

"You have now entered.......THE TWILIGHT ZONE!!!"

 

[stefen]

3000 miles apart...

Hmmmm!

It is strange for something so unusual...maybe we will see a plethora of identical finds...

uummmm wats plethora mean ?

Plethora is a disease that I contracted in Vietnam...500cc of Penicillin works wonders