Old metal comb found

Barneymartin3

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• May 24, 2022

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Found this old metal comb at a known civil war site. It has the words Trade Mark with some kind of symbol between the words. Can anyone identify this comb and its maker?

 

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yandosan

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• May 25, 2022

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Could that symbol be a Harp?
And therefore, may it please the court, could the incipient object be a harmonica with a comb?

 

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• May 25, 2022

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yandosan said:

Could that symbol be a Harp?
And therefore, may it please the court, could the incipient object be a harmonica with a comb?

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Heck I thought it resembled a swan

 

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• May 25, 2022

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Old English lettering .

 

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US "Trade Mark" registrations didn't really get started until 1880, but earlier ones were used in Europe, so if it is English....?

 

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• Jun 3, 2022

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I found one like that on a 1800s site. The only thing I found there other than 1800s stuff was brass shells and lead bullets.