ColinRF Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) You may have seen this on GWF. I found this in a Stratford Ontario antique market and had to bring it home. Its a large (2.5 square feet) bronze industrial memorial for an unamed company, identified by the GWF magicians as James Wagstaffe Old English Jams and Jellies of Hamilton Ontario. It's solid bronze, weighs a ton, and looks great in my house. I today found the fates of the 5 KIAs in the digitised "brown binders" on LAC. Attached here in case its of interest. Cheers Colin Edited January 15, 2013 by ColinRF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinRF Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) The details on the 5 casualties. Colin Edited January 15, 2013 by ColinRF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Great job of preservation and research. The seller would have probable sold it for scrap to be melted down if you did not buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Beautiful. Wish I had one, but my wife would kill me. Now the question - leave it as is, or have the bronze finish restored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Great job of preservation and research. The seller would have probable sold it for scrap to be melted down if you did not buy it. Agreed... it was a good move.... The company name on its own makes it worth having... James Wagstaffe Old English Jams and Jellies I wonder if james was a prtly lad.... probably called "Jelly" Wagstaff at school ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinRF Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 I am wondering now if its perhaps brass as the corrosion has not led to the usual green patina found on bronze. I will likely leave it as is to a large degree - perhaps some cleaning and wax. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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