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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Boring Mysteries, post: 9422221, member: 80794&quot;]The face reads &quot;Oxford Self Starting&quot; and then there&#039;s another Gibralter Mfg. Co. mark on the bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;ve got a bit of an update - a magnet reportedly does not stick to the ship itself, only the obviously metallic sails. She says it doesn&#039;t feel very heavy and she thinks it&#039;s ceramic - if so I was fooled by the greenish colouring which I thought may be oxidation. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still having no luck finding the model. Interestingly, I did find this ceramic clock made by Gibraltar which does look similar in its design (mainly the gold painted bits.) The Etsy seller lists it as being from the 40&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432849[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then I also found this ceramic ship clock/lamp done by a different manufacturer that bears some similarities in design...not sure which would be older...I&#039;m inclined to say the Mystery Gibraltar one is older, though.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]432850[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tell me about it...I&#039;ve had pretty much zero luck using that patent search even for numbers that appear clearly. I read this one as 155-222 but still didn&#039;t get anything for that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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