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Posted By: John Harrell

Dan,

I started to bid on this one but have a couple similar to it. My guess is that this one dates from the 1870-80.s period. Is the bat tapered or straight (can't tell much from the photos)? That style knob does not appear much after the mid 1880's (it's what I would call more of an acorn knob). Although Goldsmith and Sears put out mushroom bats with a similar knob around 1905, their knobs were more elongated, whereas this knob appears to be stubbier. Are there lathe marks and can you tell anything about the barrel end (round, flat)?

John