Antique Rare Military Scope & Compass Civil War Or Earlier.
Antique Rare Military Scope & Compass Civil War Or Earlier. This is in excellent shape as old as it is. Just wanted to post this one, and then go on to bed. good night friends. :-)
Thanks Margaret. If you wanted to see what it looked like when it was new, just polish it. I bought in Pennsylvania, an antique brass teapot with brass tray and 6 brass wine cups, or tea cups, but was in the shape of wine glasses, and it was really old and from India. The lady that was selling it told me all about it, and how old it was, and it was just like in the photo above when I bought it, very tarnished. And I went and bought some brass polish, and you would not believe how beautiful it was after I carefully polished it. On the inside of the tea pot, it looked like shiny gold, because no air and moisture could get to it inside, and so I wanted all of it to look that way. And after polishing it, about 5 days later, it looked just like real gold, as it began to change in color, and it stayed that way for a few months. But at first, it was just like the telescope and compass, very, very tarnished. :-)
Yep I've seen the way some put on a polyurethane coating over brass to keep them shiny all the time, but I would rather just polish the brass, because it looks good in several different color shines, as the weeks go by. I'm cooking the spaghetti finally, that's why it's taking so long to reply back. :-)
It looks like a surveyor's level.
ReplyDeleteThats what I thought also Tom Brydon. All brass, wouldn't that have been a fine thing to see when it was new.
ReplyDeleteMatthew Woodall Good find my friend. So much fun to see things like this, at least for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margaret. If you wanted to see what it looked like when it was new, just polish it. I bought in Pennsylvania, an antique brass teapot with brass tray and 6 brass wine cups, or tea cups, but was in the shape of wine glasses, and it was really old and from India. The lady that was selling it told me all about it, and how old it was, and it was just like in the photo above when I bought it, very tarnished. And I went and bought some brass polish, and you would not believe how beautiful it was after I carefully polished it. On the inside of the tea pot, it looked like shiny gold, because no air and moisture could get to it inside, and so I wanted all of it to look that way. And after polishing it, about 5 days later, it looked just like real gold, as it began to change in color, and it stayed that way for a few months. But at first, it was just like the telescope and compass, very, very tarnished. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's true Matthew, many metals we see today have been given a coating to keep the tarnish away, not so much back in the olden days.
ReplyDeleteYep I've seen the way some put on a polyurethane coating over brass to keep them shiny all the time, but I would rather just polish the brass, because it looks good in several different color shines, as the weeks go by. I'm cooking the spaghetti finally, that's why it's taking so long to reply back. :-)
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy.
ReplyDeleteNot bragging, but it is very yummy right now..lol
ReplyDeleteLOL, sounds like you were hungry. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteVery,..lol...now I'm as full as a tick on the southside end of a northbound dog..lol..as my dad used to say,..lol :-)
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