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Posted by John Grabowski on April 24, 2008, 7:59 am
> Hi,
>
> I have purchase an antique piece on ebay and now I have grave doubts
> about its being antique. It's a tea kettle and the claim is that it
> was made in the 1800's. However, the pieces are being held together by
> nuts and bolts. I have (low quality) picture that I took with my
> camera phone here:
>
> http://freeboundaries.com/bolt.jpg
>
> Now I'm sure that the nut has been replaced, but the "bolt" part is
> actually part of the handle - the threads are on the piece itself. And
> the threads on the "bolt" part are a modern gauge and thread count.
> Now, my question is this: can one tell when the contemporary thread
> sizes were finalized? Was it in the 1800's or was it more like in the
> 1970's. And by looking at the picture that I provided, can one put a
> lower bound on the time period in which this piece was made.
I had some old copper pots and kettles that I bought in Europe years ago.
They were around 200 hundred years old, but some of the handles looked newer
and there were some rivet repairs. I surmised after asking around that
these things would get repaired after something broke off and the blacksmith
would use the more modern repair method rather then restore the piece to its
original construction and design. You might have the same situation. Maybe
it was repaired or replaced 50 years ago.
Can you post pictures of the entire piece?
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