Posted 13 years ago
Pickerjosh
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So I found these at a thrift store. Lady thought they were trash and had them outside, probably too dirty for her store. And to my surprise, after i bought them, I rinsed em in water to remove the loose rust and there was gold in them. The molds made 260 oz and 700 oz gold bars and one says BRAUN 700oz G 375 oz S and the other says F.W. Braun 140oz S 260oz g. I am curious if anyone would know anything about the company name on these.
Check this out;
http://www.halslamppost.com/Miscellaneous%20Mining%20Items/slides/Calkins%2020%20oz%20Mold%20and%20Lamp.html
Click on the small mold picture, same as yours, and it will bring up a good discription of the mold and company. Also shows some of his other products.
Hope this helps,
Lumpy
Here some more links I found;
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1907-03-17/ed-1/seq-82.pdf
https://sg.vwr.com/app/Header?tmpl=/about_vwr/Click_here_to_see_more_details_about_our_history.htm
Lumpy
Sweet...thanks Lumpy. exactly what i was lookin for