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Olympic Metals from Delaware History: Silver

August 11th, 2012 traviskirspel

We continue to celebrate the Summer Olympics in London by highlighting something silver from the state’s collections of historic objects…

We thought it might by fun to let you figure out what this one is…

It was made by Bancroft Woodcock. Here is a close-up of his maker’s mark:

So what do you think? An oil change fit for the DuPonts?

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2 Responses to “Olympic Metals from Delaware History: Silver”

  1. Michaelean says:
    September 3, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    Hearing Aid?

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    • traviskirspel says:
      September 24, 2012 at 12:58 pm

      What we have here is an 18th century wine funnel. The beautifully-patterned strainer at the mouth of the funnel would help to aerate the wine while also capturing debris and impurities!

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