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    Paint not original. Metal - maybe???

    Look closely at the 4th foto. One can see a screw head with a burred slot. The paint is intact on top of the burred metal. The burring action would have produced blank metal at this point.

    I therefore deduce that the paint at least is not original. No surprise after a century!

    However, the fact that the paint is of later date does not provide decisive evidence about the originality of the metal underneath. It could have been used - repainted - and used again.

    If you also come to the conclusion that the paint is not original, then it would not be harmful in the antique-original sense to remove the paint in very small areas to reveal the markings. Although markings are the most obvious features for fakery!

    That leaves us with the standard question: does the wear pattern look believable?

    As Jim pointed out, we have no objects available for comparison, and the present set of photos leave me with a “could be???” feeling.

    More close-ups of the wear points please!
    Last edited by Patrick Chadwick; 02-27-2022 at 12:03 PM.

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