5/16" thick bronze.

A premier political button badge and
medal manufacturer in business from 1898
to at least 1956 that I found so far.

The dog is an English Setter in honor of
William Gilroy, who was one of the
founding fathers of the club, and
who was an active handler and judge.

Mr Gilroy had the highest winning English
Setter of 1970

                

The Irish Setter Club of America still uses this gorgeous old-world design for their logo. ISCA home page

According to the club these were mainly given out for best in show awards years ago.

Centenary Royal Show

AESOPS FABLE. SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS ISSUE #21, 1940. 72.8mm. Silver Plated bronze. Edmond Amateis.
The artists intent was to illustrate two of Aesops fables;

The Kite, Hawk and Pigeons.

A Dog and a Shadow.

Antique St Bernard plate 8"

Obverse;
Gilt white metal, German Dachshund medal Circa 1930.
Reverse; Laurel wreath with old style German text.

A translation for the German text; prize of honor, Dachshunds for breeding and hunting, Berlin chapter

An unusual boiler pressure gauge from 1906

It has two pointers and measures steam and oil pressure.

A steam gage believed to have come from the Allis-Chalmers factory
in Milwaukee, the double name on the dial suggests this was made
shortly after the merge of Edward P Allis' works and Chalmers
into one company in 1901.
The factory was replaced sometime in the 80s with a mall

Here is a nice find, a 10 inch solid brass deep case boiler gauge,
circa 1906 made by Crosby steam gage & valve co of Boston.
Patented Aug 26th 1906 it is listed in the 1907 Crosby catalog
priced at $44.00, that is about $836.00 in 2001

Two city fire alarm telegraph boxes
Gamewell co. Newton Mass. Circa 1880

Top left; This very old 1880 style used a key to open the door
The key was kept by a trusted shop keeper or other
individual, and when there was fire, this person had
to be found in order to unlock the box!

When the door is unlocked, the unique lock prevents the
key from being removed. The firemen had a tiny key that fit
a keyhole on the back of the lock to release the other key.
A rather clever little lock if I do say so.
A very inefficient design due to having to find the keyholder,
but remember, this was 1880s telegraph technology!
Box 923 is from Gamewells then home city of
New York, they subsequently moved or expanded
to Newton Mass and that city appears in raised
letters on the door of the box on the right.

Top right;

The same design and cast-iron shell, but Gamewell Co.
started to replace the old style cast-iron doors with their new
no key needed style around 1930
For a while they made the doors of an aluminum
alloy they patented as "herculite"
Numerous references in the US patent office mentions
drawbacks of the old style and why the new was adopted.

Bottom;

Inner cast-iron box with bronze wind-up, automatic telegraph
mechanism, D.C. electromagnets, telegraph punch key
and signal/test bell. The design goes back to the 1850s
which surprised me since I think of electricity, phone etc being closer to the 1880s.

These weigh about 70 pounds and are difficult to find intact
with the old style key door, they are now collectors
items and go for close to $500.00

Antique stained glass from England

This cute medal has an inscription K.C.-HERTOGENBOSCH.
K.C. stands for Kennel Club which means breed club in English and
Hertogenbosch is a town in the Netherlands.
Age unknown.

5.5 x 4 cm

Post office box doors.
(left) From Tuthill, SD. with beveled glass, Mfg'd by Yale & Towne Lock. Patent dates:
Jan 26, 1892 Jan 1, 1895. Size; approx 5 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches.

(Right) Came from Texas, with combination dials