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 Author  Topic: Just Purchased PT Boat Presentation Piece
alross2

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of alross2   Send Email To alross2 Posted on: Sep 5, 2017 - 11:04am
Were the boats repaired at the Bremerton Navy Yard???


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  Jerry Gilmartin

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That could be it, or maybe somewhere near Ballard Locks (North of Seattle, Lake Union)? I think Ted has more info. I will also ask Chuck Fowler, who wrote a book about the Puget Sound military during WW2.
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Jerry Gilmartin
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Frank Andruss

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Chip Marshall is also doing some digging about this presentation piece. Ted also thinks it very well could be Brooklyn Navy Yard officers Club.


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  billpr

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of billpr   Send Email To billpr Posted on: Sep 5, 2017 - 1:45pm
Hello,

How tall is this pitcher? Sure look nice and well taken care of.


Maybe the "B" might be a nick name.

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Frank Andruss

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The presentation piece stands roughly 14 inches high.


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Jeff D

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of Jeff D   Send Email To Jeff D Posted on: Sep 6, 2017 - 6:08am
Quite the puzzle with such an abbreviated name. Unless they weren't allowed to name names due to PT secrecy but that doesn't really make much sense. I hope you can track it down Frank.



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Frank Andruss

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We seem to be getting closer Jeff, just hoping we can turn up some concrete evidence to support what we think it might be.


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Frank,

I don't know if you've researched the markings on the bottom yet, but here's what I found. EPBM means electro-plated base metal and it may be part of a British marking system that identifies the material used. Apollo was a design studio run by Bernard Rice & Son, Inc. in New York. The numbers 6418/2 resemble catalog numbers for other Apollo/Rice & Son items for sale online, but I can't find anything with those specific numbers. There are a lot of their products for sale online and they were in business at the time the inscription was likely done and on into the 1950's. That part of the markings would possibly indicate that the pitcher is a stock catalog item from Rice & Son in New York.

It gets interesting for the S&G Gump Co. marking because that's the name of a company run by Solomon and Gustave Gump in San Francisco. From what I can find online they would qualify as "jewelers" although their main line of business would seem to be gold gilded picture frames. There's limited information online about S&G Gump (at least so far) but it doesn't look like they made the pitcher itself.

Maybe S&G Gump did the inscription and added their name on the bottom of the vase? Do the markings look like they were done at different times? Maybe you could post a picture of the bottom?

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Frank Andruss

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Thanks for the detective work Randy, I have sent you a photo of the bottom on your E mail.


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Frank Andruss

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Al I believe you are correct, the boats were fitted out there before proceeding to the Aleutians.


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