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Help Identifying Axe

KentuckyBlackBird

KentuckyBlackBird

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Got this yesterday. Anyone able to help identify? Price was right. It looks like it has gold leaf under the rust. Also, how can I preserve that “filagree”? IMG_4937.jpegIMG_4936.jpeg
 
KentuckyBlackBird said:
Got this yesterday. Anyone able to help identify? Price was right. It looks like it has gold leaf under the rust. Also, how can I preserve that “filagree”? View attachment 2899237View attachment 2899238
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AA&TCo Ideal Ridge Michigan pattern
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AA&T was my first guess. How old would you say it is? Any idea? I thought turn of the century on the 1800s side…..
 
Square_peg said:
Weren't they made into the mid-20th century?
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Kelly family managed to gain majority of AA&TCo company (JP Kelly became President of AA&TCo in 1913, I believe he died suddenly 1915??) By 1918/19 Glassport facility went idle and company was a bankrupt. By1921 Glassport buildings were sold and equipment moved to Charleston, WV. Kelly catalogs do not list Ideal Ridge pattern being made. I have never seen any Idal Ridge head with stamping connected to Kelly owned brands or Charleston location.
 
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