Rogillio Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Oops. I was so excited to find an oil can on Ebay and I won the bid at like $13. It came in today....the dang thing is miniature! My wife was like, 'oh how cute!' I was disgusted. Guess I should have asked for dimensions. I thought I had posted a pix of a DB car that showed an oil can but can't find the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Hilarious....Are you still buying ? I have some stuff on Ebay I'd love to show you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogillio Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Ha. Vewry funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) In all seriousness you didn't do bad on it. Looks like it's solid copper and due to the design it's possibly Civil War era. Have you checked the bottom of it with a magnifying glass ? I had one years ago that dated to "Feby 1865" but the detailed stamping was so faint I could barely see it with a jewelers loop. I still have no idea how they stamped it that small back then...Small shop or sewing oil cans are handy. I use mine on my clippers when the wife cuts my hair. Works great Edited November 12, 2014 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogillio Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 I looked at the can closely and the neck and lower end of the spout is copper....but the can is steel as is the rest of the tube. Not sure why they made the neck/threads/end of tube copper. It looks like the can had some sort of silver plating that has mostly worn off.At any rate, it is a very cool can. I have it on my desk at work for a conversation piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke01 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I have seen small oil cans like yours used for oiling sewing machines and clocks. Maybe that is what it is for.Zeke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete K. Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Rog., Most Wurlitzer jukeboxes from 1936-1942 came with their own little oil cans just like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogillio Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Too small and too big. Somewhere out there there's an oil can that fits that bracket. In the meantime I will continue to grow my antique oil can collection with eBay finds. I prolly should measure....but what fun is that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.White Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 You might get into this. I can think of worse things people collect.Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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