Something New Im Going To Start Collecting.............

timekiller · Jun 10, 2013

Something New I'm Going To Start Collecting.............

Well I went out yesterday, but the finds were few & far between at the couple sites I hit.The conditions were not that great for me & the way I look for finds.So really just posting this to show what i'm going to start collecting on my future hunts.Which are the named/stamped bricks.I know were some sites are that I've just left these.So you may see me posting some more in the future post I make.I think they are kinda neat & the stories that come with the research on them are cool so that's alot what it's about for me anyway learning the history behind what I find.There are collectors for these,they do sell,and make neat ways to display I feel.

A little on the queen Run......seems they are pretty old in making bricks est.1836
Queen?s Run Refractories, Lock Haven, Penna. | brickfrog

Brick and Clay Record - Google Books

antique stamped bricks | eBay

well that's it for now,
Take Care,
Pete, :hello:

sscindercoop · Jun 11, 2013

Hi Pete, Was wondering if ya had any idea what the small glass piece is? I recently found one at a colonial fort site. Mine has writing on the back but I cant make most of it out. Thanks Coop

jeff of pa · Jun 11, 2013

appears to be a stamp possibly for wax seals ?

Second word AND when flipped
and at the bottom 45

1st word starts W & ends with S

3rd. word ends with TY

CMDiamonddawg · Jun 11, 2013

Virtue And Liberty

jeff of pa · Jun 11, 2013

CMDiamonddawg said:
Virtue And Liberty

I can see And Liberty 45

Don't see Virtue But ?

jeff of pa · Jun 11, 2013

Wilkes And Liberty 45

political stamp 1770's ?

Member of Parliament, political agitator, friend of freedom, demagogue, wit, libertine, pornographer, and shameless self-promoter, England's John Wilkes was to colonial Americans an idol.

:notworthy:

http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/summer03/wilkes.cfm

huntsman53 · Jun 11, 2013

It does appear to be a stamp of sort for a wax seal placed on letters and documents! It could be very rare as the "45" below "Virtue and Liberty" could have been an anonymous number identifier for a member person of an association objecting to and fighting British rule and taxation. The O.P. might want to have an expert in the Revolution and early Colonials look at the piece.

Frank

jeff of pa · Jun 11, 2013

huntsman53 said:
It does appear to be a stamp of sort for a wax seal placed on letters and documents! It could be very rare as the "45" below "Virtue and Liberty" could have been an anonymous number identifier for a member person of an association objecting to and fighting British rule and taxation. The O.P. might want to have an expert in the Revolution and early Colonials look at the piece.

Frank

I agree appears to be a historical piece

CMDiamonddawg · Jun 11, 2013

looks like you got it , I think your ready for Wheel Of Fortune :laughing9:

there was a Rev War slogan in Phil. at that time

Virtue , Liberty And Independence

jeff of pa · Jun 11, 2013

after more research Possibly 1760's

more on Wilkes, Liberty, and Number 45

John Wilkes (1727-1797) is one of the most famous ugly people in history: he had a “sloping forehead, hanging jaw, bad teeth, bad breath” and a “severe squint.” He was advised never to risk showing his face to a pregnant woman. Despite this, he was a famously successful libertine, who reckoned it took him but twenty minutes of conversation with a woman to “talk away” his face - despite his extreme lisp - and talk her into bed. He was an enthusiastic participant in the orgies of Sir Francis Dashwood’s Hellfire Club. When once offered a pinch of snuff, he is supposed to have declined, remarking that “I never deal in little vices.”

As an MP, he became one of the greatest champions of democracy and liberty in British history. His weekly paper, the North Briton, was a radical rallying-point. Issue number 45 was especially popular, as he used it to argue for fundamental democratic reforms of parliament.

The number 45 became world famous, as a symbol of radical reform. The slogan “Wilkes and liberty and Number 45!” struck terror into the ruling classes everywhere. Wilkites would “meet in groups of 45 and eat that number of dishes, dance that number of dances, and kiss each other that number of times.”