the oldest thing with a patent date iv'e found... what's yours?

[GRAY GHOST]

hello again, everyone. shown is a pre - civil war era portable candlestick holder, with a patent date of april 21, 1857. it unscrews just as well as it did many years ago when it was lost or forgotten. i was told that the spiked section would be driven into a tree or log and a candle would be melted onto it for a small portable light, or it could be impaled into the bottom of a candle when you had a more level surface to put it on. it was found about a half mile away from a known battlefield, and is solid brass. so... go figure. about 2.5" long. thanks, and enjoy! hh,

 

[Rick(ND)]

Here is something I dont know what it is, but the patient date is Dec 29 1865 and has Common Sense stamped on it. Someone said there was a sewing machine with that name back then, but cant figure out what this item has to do with a sewing machine. I am ready to send a picture to Mark Parker at Western Eastern Treasures and see if he can ID.[attachment 86632 fargo1.jpg] [attachment 86640 fargo2.jpg]

 

[treasurefiend]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2342/2411980081_ab8721c305_b.jpg

 

[tabdog]

The oldest thing I found with part of a patent on it was an Economist Revolving Box Iron.

I believe the patent date is August 23, 1887.

Here is a description of the Iron:

>>> The Carver Patent "Majestic" Revolving Box Iron with Fluter This iron was patented by an enterprising fellow named Horace Carver, who obviously realized he could increase his market share by giving the consumer an array of different choices when it came to choosing an iron. (Would you like a Carver iron or would you like a Carver iron?) He made a number of different irons of the same basic design. All were revolving, slug heated, multi-function irons---but each had slightly different features and each one had a different name, including the "Family Laundry Iron", the "Victor", the "Ladies Friend", the "Economist", and this one, the "Majestic". The design of this iron was quite complex and must have been fairly expensive to produce judging from how few are found today. The spring-loaded handle releases to allow the iron to revolve and then lock into position so that ironing could be done on three of the four faces. The fourth face is a hinged door that could be un-latched by revolving the handle to the appropriate position to allow it to open so the heated slug could be be inserted or removed. The special feature of the Majestic was that it functioned as a fluting iron as well as a flat iron, with a built-in fluted plate designed into one of the edges. Without having to have multiple irons one could simply turn the iron on this side and use it on top of a fluting bed to easily switch from flat work to fluting.

HH,

 

[cassiekarimom]

The oldest thing I have found does'nt have a date on it, I hope that is ok, I was told by numerous people that is was from the 1893 world's fair.