✅ SOLVED Part of silver spoon or fork and a bent thingy.

[Ace 350]

Any ideas on what the bent thingy could have went to? It has grooves on the lower in the round part. And possibly the age of the silverware?

 

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[robertk]

Those grooves in the brass thing look like threads. Is it hollow? Looks like the tip of a torch.

 

[Ace 350]

Those grooves in the brass thing look like threads. Is it hollow? Looks like the tip of a torch.

The entire piece isn’t hollow. But yeah the bottom part was threaded onto something or could have been.

 

[Nathan W]

Could it be from an old oil can(?)

 

[ironhorse]

top of a weather vane or a lightning rod maybe
Curious piece for sure

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like a spout for an oil cup with the end pinched off?

 

[The Rebel]

If you can find the Hallmark it will help with the age but my guess is 1800s.

The other pc is a lightning rod.

 

[creskol]

lightning rod

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[NVNutcase]

Oil can spout. The type where you push on the bottom of the can, like those cricket toys.

 

[Red-Coat]

The flatware handle is likely a spoon and also likely coin silver (nominal .900 fine). It's marked for Johnson & Godley. Samuel Johnson and Richard Godley were in partnership in Albany, NY between 1842-1849.

The marks in full would have been these:

 

[Ace 350]

The flatware handle is likely a spoon and also likely coin silver (nominal .900 fine). It's marked for Johnson & Godley. Samuel Johnson and Richard Godley were in partnership in Albany, NY between 1842-1849.

The marks in full would have been these:

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Thanks for sharing.

 

[Georgivs]

I agree with ironhorse, lightning rod. Nice piece of silver too, but i don't recognize the hallmark. Any hunt with silver is a good one though

 

[Red-Coat]

Nice piece of silver too, but i don't recognize the hallmark.

Johnson & Godley (1842-1849)... see post #10