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<p>[QUOTE="buyingtime777, post: 316509, member: 188"]The varnished? finish bothers me. I certainly can't imagine a slave having that luxury. I Googled Civil War era peg leg and they are pretty plentiful thanks to the multitude of amputations from the war. The patina on the wood is much different then this and I did not see any with a similar shiny finish. I don't think this is that old either but I really have no idea. Here is the image search I was looking at. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+war+era+peg+leg&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_3Imt6abYAhVGRCYKHeZcC3sQ_AUICigB&biw=1680&bih=917#imgrc=_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+war+era+peg+leg&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_3Imt6abYAhVGRCYKHeZcC3sQ_AUICigB&biw=1680&bih=917#imgrc=_" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+war+era+peg+leg&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_3Imt6abYAhVGRCYKHeZcC3sQ_AUICigB&biw=1680&bih=917#imgrc=_</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="buyingtime777, post: 316509, member: 188"]The varnished? finish bothers me. I certainly can't imagine a slave having that luxury. I Googled Civil War era peg leg and they are pretty plentiful thanks to the multitude of amputations from the war. The patina on the wood is much different then this and I did not see any with a similar shiny finish. I don't think this is that old either but I really have no idea. Here is the image search I was looking at. [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+war+era+peg+leg&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_3Imt6abYAhVGRCYKHeZcC3sQ_AUICigB&biw=1680&bih=917#imgrc=_[/URL][/QUOTE]
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