B.G.I. Co. 1183
I picked up this rather fancy capper/decapper recently. Advertised as a potential paperweight. It’s marked “10”, though a 12 gauge hull fits nicely. I’m unsure of its age, though it’s old for sure. I’ve seen similar ones but not nearly as ornate.
The one mentioned in the letter for my 1886 D3 lifter was #1185. I’m not holding my breath finding that one.
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Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell and the profit and loss.
A current under sea picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell he passed the stages of his age and youth entering the whirlpool. Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
T.S. Eliot
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