✅ SOLVED Tobacco pipe related or something else???

[winslow]

Found at what feels like an early 20th century gold camp. Lots of Prince Albert tobacco tins around so I suspect its tobacco related but that is just a wild guess on my part. Silver plated brass. Can't really make out the inscription ... maybe "Edward" or something close. There is a solitary "S" on it as well. Thanks!

 

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[cudamark]

Looks like a slide for a parasol or umbrella.

 

[ncsuwolf]

looks like it could have gone on a parasol.

 

[winslow]

Looks like a slide for a parasol or umbrella.

 

[winslow]

That was my first thought, but it looks like it was engraved with a name and is silver plated as well.

 

[donsonconbon]

Maybe it could be the key to a treasure hunt? Maybe the S means to metal detect south of where you found it? idk would be pretty cool. but that's a really cool find! keep it up!

 

[Red-Coat]

I’m sure you’re right that it’s tobacco-pipe related, although I don’t know exactly what it is. Perhaps some kind of fancy connection part between the bowl and stem. The inscription appears to be in the same style as that seen on pipes made by the Edward’s company. Note that there is an apostrophe after the ‘d’ and then what looks like an ‘s’.

Edward's was founded by Edward Rowley, a Tampa TV personality of the 50's and 60's, together with Frank Smith. Between 1958 and 1962 they imported pipes produced in Saint-Claude, France with the bowls carved from the finest Algerian briar, using France’s colonial trade connections. Just before the upheaval when Algeria gained independence in 1962, Edward’s bought out the French supply company together with its machinery and stock of briar wood and moved the entire operation to Tampa in the US.

Smith bought out Rowley's interest in the company sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's and it’s still in business today under the Edward’s name.

 

[ticndig]

umbrella part.

 

[winslow]

Sure looks similar! It's the silver plating that makes me think otherwise. But maybe it was a fancy one. However, a parasol would certainly be out of character for everything else I found at the site (broken tools, machine parts, suspender buckles etc.)

 

[winslow]

I’m sure you’re right that it’s tobacco-pipe related, although I don’t know exactly what it is. Perhaps some kind of fancy connection part between the bowl and stem. The inscription appears to be in the same style as that seen on pipes made by the Edward’s company. Note that there is an apostrophe after the ‘d’ and then what looks like an ‘s’.

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Edward's was founded by Edward Rowley, a Tampa TV personality of the 50's and 60's, together with Frank Smith. Between 1958 and 1962 they imported pipes produced in Saint-Claude, France with the bowls carved from the finest Algerian briar, using France’s colonial trade connections. Just before the upheaval when Algeria gained independence in 1962, Edward’s bought out the French supply company together with its machinery and stock of briar wood and moved the entire operation to Tampa in the US.

Smith bought out Rowley's interest in the company sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's and it’s still in business today under the Edward’s name.

 

[winslow]

The writing looks similar but it seems too new. Looks like a 1900's to 1920's site deep in the woods. Of course, anything is possible.

 

[Red-Coat]

The writing looks similar but it seems too new. Looks like a 1900's to 1920's site deep in the woods. Of course, anything is possible.

I think @ticndig has it, as an umbrella/parasol part.

 

[ticndig]

 

[ticndig]

CUDAMARK called it , I just like backing ideas with similar examples to help things along.

 

[winslow]

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[winslow]

Wow ... that is pretty cool. I didn't realize these parts came in silver or silver plate.