Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs

[steelheadwill]

Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs

Dug a few pieces from the mud...
a pair of spectacles that don't look or read brass, nice & smooth, not pitted like saltwater brass, looks like rose gold
3 pewter clovers, (I dug one last year, thanks TTF ) & pewter button.
lots of parasol hubs, valves and intact clay pipe/
HH all

 

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[JW15]

Re: Token etc

Cool finds!! Pretty neat that the lenses are still intact on the glasses!

 

[OutBack Duo]

Re: Token etc

a bunch of neat odds and ends

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Token etc

Thanks all!
I Like those Clovers best, they appear to date from pewter button era... Old

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Great finds yesterday Herbie!

I love the look of those specs and the clay pipe!

Dave

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

The intact spectacles are the find of the day in my book

I think that a pic of you wearing them is in order


VPR

 

[joeyfresh]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

How old are those specs?? They look like they are in awesome condition and with the lenses intact!!!

 

[joeyfresh]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

"Riding temple" glasses were invented around 1890 and popular through the 1920's.

http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/pages/19c-ridingtemple.html

 

[ncsilverspider]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Nice finds! Like the spectacles and token!

 

[High Plains Digger]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Mmmmmm.......celluloid. I'll take an extra serving.

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

The intact spectacles are the find of the day in my book

I think that a pic of you wearing them is in order


VPR

I'd be happy to oblige,
but I only have a manual focus camera
I just gave them a shirtsleeve polish and see the gleam of gold
Nothing plated or goldfilled holds up in the salt mud for long.
JoeyFresh Thanks for dating the style
HighPlains, I was thinking the Token was a nonfood starch for photography or something, if you get it at the grocers, must be for gravy
I don't have a clue what the logo depicts either
Thanks for all the replies! HH to Ya

Found these 14K specs online, http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-14k-Gol...356?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item56415dabec

 

[baspinall]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Cool finds! I like the clovers as well. I found a clover like button or something not to long ago as well.

 

[umrgolf]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Cool finds! I like the clovers as well. I found a clover like button or something not to long ago as well.

yours is part of an early brass drawer pull, as identified by Crusader, myself, and others a few months ago

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Great stuff, greater token.
Tokens are good.
Carl

 

[Mr Tuff]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

killer specs!!!! MR TUFF

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Cool finds! I like the clovers as well. I found a clover like button or something not to long ago as well.

yours is part of an early brass drawer pull, as identified by Crusader, myself, and others a few months ago

Thanks for all your replies !!
Anyone know what these old clovers may have been from ??

 

[umrgolf]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

Cool finds! I like the clovers as well. I found a clover like button or something not to long ago as well.

yours is part of an early brass drawer pull, as identified by Crusader, myself, and others a few months ago

Thanks for all your replies !!
Anyone know what these old clovers may have been from ??

Age, Im not sure but Id say your close.. The placement of the hole makes me think pendant, but since there were 3, just ornamental home decoration.. Just guesses are all I can offer, never seen them

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

that is what I'm figuring with a total of 4 found in area.
I got a very thin brass trefoil piece nearby that I'm thinking is a 2nd corps badge.
Thanks & HH all

 

[Wallhangers]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

You sure dig some interesting pieces from that mud. Like the token, love the glasses. Amazing that the glass has held up. Talk to you soon.

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Token & Pewter Clovers, Gold Specs ?

You sure dig some interesting pieces from that mud. Like the token, love the glasses. Amazing that the glass has held up. Talk to you soon.

I'm glad you got to taste our NH mud on your visit