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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: ironlord1963 on January 07, 2012, 08:11:45 pm
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I was handed this today, and posted it, my best guess was a sort of leather Letter satchel of some sort. It was signed and and dated to 1848, do you folks think this is a letter satchel??? anyway, I just looked at the hits and within a few hours it has over 30 hits and 12 watchers and a few bids. May be something special.
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=9205372
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Ironlord,
Looks interesting. My other thought was it was a way to carry paper money or bonds.
However, the word "book" in the inscription also makes me think it was a writer's satchel.
Thanks for sharing it!
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Book LOL thats what is say. Kind of feel dumb, I was trying to figure out what that said, and now that you said that, ::) ;D Thanks
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"Book" might very well be a more general term like "pocketbook" which is an old word for purse. I too think that it is a document sachel.
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Name looks like Tess or Tesse (could also be Jesse) O Bramwells Book, 1848 !! Since it only weighs a pound, I am guessing it may be to keep or write letters or other personal correspondence !! Love letters to a beaux perhaps ??
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That is a way cool item ironlord! You must get to see all kinds of cool stuff working there. :)
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Nice!
Looks Like Hesse Bramioull to me which Bramoulle or Bramoull is a French surname.
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In addition to carrying documents, he may also have carried a notebook. It was very common to carry a small book to record payments, monies owed, crop prices, or any commonplace thing. We have a notebook belonging to DH's great-great-uncle, where he wrote down things like the above, plus snatches of songs he liked, poems he admired, original poetry, and, interestingly enough, the constitution and minutes of a "polemic club" he and his friends founded in Stewart county, GA. The club was to discuss and debate ideas and issues of the day. I recall one debate on the issue of beauty and goodness. Unfortunately, he recorded only the final vote, and only rarely, portions of the points made.