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Pewter Can Lid - 8/22/2009 8:06:18 PM    VA is for Diggers Posts: 357 Joined: 9/6/2008 From: G-Ville VA Status: offline Dug this one out of a civil war camp; Taylor & Rodgett's can, New York; with Burnet's attachment patented Aug. 21 1853. ---I got spooked when I read the date, because I found it the same day. I wonder how many people got poisoned off of the lead content. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Pewter Can Lid - 8/23/2009 4:00:07 PM    CanYaDigIt Posts: 989 Joined: 2/5/2009 From: Back In Sac, CA Status: offline Nice lid.  It says Taylor & Hodgetts and the date should be 1855.  Listed in RB10 as #2788.  Value is $250+ for the can and lid in good shape.  It went on a tin can.  I'm betting it's still got some good value to it even like it is.  Good find. _____________________________ Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand, says "Don't you see" (in reply to VA is for Diggers) Post #: 2

RE: Pewter Can Lid - 8/23/2009 10:04:33 PM    VA is for Diggers Posts: 357 Joined: 9/6/2008 From: G-Ville VA Status: offline Thanks for the info. This one came out of a CS camp with Virginia and South Carolina troops. I have seen another variant with 1865 date in a civil war book. Looks like they were screwed on to the can after twisting. Do you happen to know when the first threaded lids or tops were produced? (in reply to VA is for Diggers) Post #: 3

RE: Pewter Can Lid - 8/24/2009 1:47:30 AM    CanYaDigIt Posts: 989 Joined: 2/5/2009 From: Back In Sac, CA Status: offline I think it screwed into the can and not onto it.  I know that threaded caps have been used on different bottles for more then 1000 years.  Not sure when the very first was though.  As for the threads being molded or formed, I think there were threaded bottles since before the 1850s or so.  I'm not 100% sure but I think I'm remembering right. _____________________________ Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand, says "Don't you see" (in reply to VA is for Diggers) Post #: 4

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RE: Pewter Can Lid - 11/11/2011 7:37:22 AM    histcloth   Posts: 39 Joined: 2/14/2010 Status: offline Does anyone have pictures of the can that went with this lid? _____________________________ Nicholas Sekela Butler NJ USA nick@njsekela.com (973) 557-6733 (in reply to VA is for Diggers) Post #: 6

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