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    Posted 8 years ago

    Msumm1969
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    Got this my great aunt. I was just interested in finding out more information as I really miss her and cannot find on line.

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    1. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      Yowsa. Here's one EXACTLY like is - and they say it is 17th century?? But that's all. It is a Bronze Stag's Head Inkwell.

      https://www.pinterest.com/pin/520588038153416544/
    2. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      Here's a cold painted one. 1880's English, they say.

      https://www.rubylane.com/item/458334-A-1333/Circa-1880-Impressive-Victorian-Stag-Head
    3. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      I don't know - EXPERTS - look at the cold painted one. Look at the bottom. It is a repro?
    4. Msumm1969, 8 years ago
      Thank you so much so very much Celiene. It looks so exact to the one you found. The number on the bottom was 4258. The only difference is mine had another number half way up from middle screw that had 242. Hmmmm.
    5. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      The painted one looks like it may be a repro, but I'm no expert. I was hoping one of the experts would know! Oh - and you are welcome. I would assume those are model number. Or maybe each was individually numbered?
    6. Gillian, 8 years ago
      "

      The screwdriver, originally called a screwturner or turnscrew, entered the world inconspicuously and kept a very low profile until its 300th birthday. Historians believe it was invented in Germany, but aren't sure exactly when. The Medieval Housebook of Wolfegg Castle, the oldest known written reference to the tool, has a hazy publishing date somewhere between 1475 and 1490. Considering the invention likely predates the book by at least a few years, the mid to late 15th century is about as exact a birthday as it gets. For about 300 years, the persistent presence of screws is the only solid evidence that screwdrivers even existed. Then, suddenly, documentation of screwdrivers exploded across Europe, particularly in France.

      Early screwdrivers had pear-shaped handles and were made for slotted screws. Metal screws as we know them today have been in use since at least the 15th century for cabinetry work and to secure plates on jousting armor. Before that, wooden screws were used in wine and olive oil presses as far back as the 1st - 3rd century BC (how they turned them for so long without a screwdriver, I haven’t been able to figure out)." (From mentalfloss.com Matt Soniac)

      Who'd of thunk. Screwdriver invented in the 15th century. So, does that shine a different light on the possibility of a repro? It does look like a fresh coat of paint(?)
    7. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      Yes - it looks to perfectly painted, but an expert would need to see it - but that one is not yours so, meh! . And the crew look more modern to me. YOUR look original and old. Too bad you are missing the glass insert.

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