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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cast Iron Head, post: 210136, member: 3617&quot;]Thought this was a cool piece so wanted to share with you</p><p><br /></p><p>It was being sold as a paper roll holder (?) but after researching found it was actually used by copyist&#039;s back when documents&nbsp; were&nbsp; copied by hand</p><p>There is a patent date on the brass knob</p><p>May 13 1873</p><p>I searched and found actual patent number &gt; US138877</p><p><br /></p><p>I have attached a copy of the patent as well .</p><p>Anyone seen one of these b4 ?</p><p>And yes, I did buy it ( couldn&#039;t resist )<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]61327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]61327[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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