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jowett company plaque
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:54 am
by p.p.
on e-bay is a bronce plaque of the jowett motor company for sell.... at £ 225.00 - is it so special, or a fake ???????
the item nr; 290670075544
maybe a item to put to the garage.........
peter
Re: jowett company plaque
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:13 am
by Space54
Re: jowett company plaque
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:05 pm
by Forumadmin
Could try asking the seller for the provenance to see if we can check its history.
Re: jowett company plaque
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:43 pm
by Jack
A lump of brass that size is probably worth almost that amount as scrap!
Certainly looks like an interesting item, worth finding out how they came by it.
Jack.
Re: jowett company plaque
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:08 pm
by george garside
Seems a bit 'iffy' to me. Why 'the jowett car company' when the firm was usually known by the name' jowett cars ltd' - Also the shape of the plate does not resemble any Jowett logo - There may be a paerfectly logical explanation - but I can't think of one!
george
Re: jowett company plaque
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:01 pm
by Chris Spencer
No Jack - A lump of brass that size is worth at most £20 scrap and if it's bronze £30 scrap - I too think it is quite dubious - there is no age colour to it - normally the back of casting like this would discolour over time and I doubt that the back of it has been polished - along with wording as George points out - I would leave well alone
Re: jowett company plaque
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:57 pm
by k. rogers
Looks to me like it has been 'aged' deliberately. I agree, the wording and shape are not typical of the company.
Re: jowett company plaque
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:08 am
by Peter Holden
A similar plaque appeared at Beaulieu about 10 years ago. It was inspected by a number of kmowledgable members and was considered as a fake for a number of reasons.
A similar plaque appeared at auction in Herefordshire about 2 or 3 years ago. I did not see it but was informed 'you could see it was a modern casting from the back'
Is this the same plaque or are there 3?