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Description:
Two Odd Fellows Gongs, possibly the Ward-Stilson Company, New London, Ohio, early 20th century, a lever-operated gong in a quarter-sawn oak cabinet, and a nickel-plated bell gong on a turned walnut stand with an oak gavel with presentation plate engraved "I.O.O.F NO. 31/TO/GEO. H. THOMAS/57-58," ht. to 7 3/4 in.
Provenance: Collected from an Odd Fellows lodge in Indiana.
Note: These items are illustrated and described in the Ward Stilson Company I.O.O.F. Costumes and Supplies Catalog No. 42 (New London, Ohio, 1910),p. 228.
The Thomas and Audrey Metzger Odd Fellows Collection
Estimate $150-250
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Ward-Stilson Company, New LondonStephen L. Fletcher
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