A belated Father's Day gift

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A belated Father's Day gift

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My wife gave me this today, it is supposedly from the late 1800s. It appears to be glass covered in whicker. I'm not sure if the cup is silver, tin or lead. It does not feel heavy enough to be lead, but it doesn't look like silver. It's not going to be used, just an interesting addition to my knick-knack shelf. The writing on the bottom of cup is very hard to read, it appears to say in a circle E.D8PB, lower half of circle has BREV.ETES S.G.D.G. With an accent over the E. Anybody have any ideas? It's pretty cool and like I say I'm not going to use it,just a cool piece!
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Top of flask and cap
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Top of flask and cap side view
Top of flask and cap side view
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I didn't even think of pewter! I'm pretty sure that's what it is! Thanks rock!
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BREV.ETES S.G.D.G. basically means patented in French, so it is a French flask and like Rock said the cup looks pewter to me too. Since it is not stamped "Made In France it most likely predates 1900, probably even earlier. The S.G.D.G. began being used in the late 1700s and Country of origin began being required late 1800. My guess is mid 1800s, 1860-1880. My wife puts it possibly as late as 1910 due to the threaded cap and missing the country of origin because it was never intended for export. It's a very nice piece Bigbob. :thumbup:
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That's an excellent gift! Congrats.
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Pewter was my suggestion as it was so common in that time. But someone beat me to it, BigBob.
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Very nice, cheers
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thats verry nice. id find it hard not using it atleast once on a special occasion
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That is very cool, a perfect gift. You need to get yourself a leather bandolero for that and strap it onto the kilt. Formidable.
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Thats awesome! Love it!

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It might be silver plated white metal and not pewter, pretty common for the time period. White metal often looks like pewter when the silver plate wears off.
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Would you like me to bring it up to proof cranky? I know you appreciate old items.
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Bigbob wrote:Would you like me to bring it up to proof cranky? I know you appreciate old items.
I would like to see it but I wouldn't want to risk it getting broken or damaged.
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It's been around for 150+\- years, a weekend in Seattle will be ok :esmile:
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Bigbob wrote:It's been around for 150+\- years, a weekend in Seattle will be ok :esmile:
Have you seen how bag smashers handle luggage? If you think it will survive being it, but pack it well. I'm sure I am not the only one who would like to see it.
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I'll wrap it in my kilt!
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Very nice gift. I think I would use it at least once.
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Bigbob wrote:I'll wrap it in my kilt!
keep it in had luggage and use it for water when you get through being groped.
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