What is this?

joecamello · Post by **joecamello** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:05 pm

Hi

I recently found this item, I don't know which is their name or use. I need help on the makers mark and the date. Can anyone hlep with the maker, an approx date? and that it is?

Thanks In Advance,
Juan

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polo_fer_lauren · Post by **polo_fer_lauren** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:01 pm

Hola Juan.

I'm not an expert, but I would say that the maker is Joseph Braham from London and year is 1887.

Best regard.
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Post by **admin** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:03 pm

Hi,
Measurements please, also pictures of the interior of both ends would help.
Thanks, Tom
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Post by **JLDoggett** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:33 am

As pictures it looks like a hunting horn used to signal when the pack is on scent and in full chase. While the horn is used to signal to the dogs, though it also lets mounted followers and stragglers, know the direction to the pack. The hole near the end allows for changes in the sound.
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joecamello · Post by **joecamello** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:25 pm

The item is not a horn. The base is covered (tomorrow I add a picture). And the superior part is uncoiled and it seems but in fact like to put a candlewick and to fasten it.
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joecamello · Post by **joecamello** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:03 am

Post by **admin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:38 am

Thanks for the images, what is the height?
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joecamello · Post by **joecamello** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:41 am

28 cm of height
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Post by **admin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:48 am

I think it is a novelty table cigar lighter or cigar lamp in the form of a hunting horn. The diagonal hole below the monogram probably once held a lighting wand with wick that would have been lit from the top burner....or it is something entirely different.

Regards, Tom
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joecamello · Post by **joecamello** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:51 am

thank you tom, you would know the date of this lighter. And the silversmith?
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Post by **admin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:02 pm

polo_fer_lauren wrote:Hola Juan.
I'm not an expert, but I would say that the maker is Joseph Braham from London and year is 1887.

I'm sure that fer is correct.

Forgot to mention, the projections at the sides and bottom seem to indicate that it fit into some sort of stand, possibly gimbaled to allow it to tilt in the direction of the user.
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