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Offline Shreckmeister

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Sparks Mumma Cup (formerly Charlie Nolan Gill)
« on: August 13, 2012, 06:14:04 PM »
Anybody know a horner by this name?  Where's he from?
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2012, 10:41:26 PM »
Here is an example of his work.  Small horn cup about 2 1/4 high and 1 3/4 wide.
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2012, 01:08:05 AM »
Rob......I know a Charlie Nolan, but no Gill on the end.    Has been around for quite a while, lives out near Meadville, Pa.
Has been into gunbuilding, and possibly horn work...............Don
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2012, 01:16:42 AM »
Thanks Don.   I'll try to look him up
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2012, 03:20:04 AM »
Any chance it is a one gill ration cup by Charlie Nolan?

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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2012, 04:27:43 AM »
Good chance. It was labeled Charlie Nolan Gill. I heard the term gill years ago and didnt make the connection.  Is that an irish term
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2012, 04:38:59 AM »
No, I believe it is English.  As I recall, in the 18th and 19th centuries, seamen in the Royal Navy received a daily rum ration measuring one gill.  Something tells me the tradition continued well into the 20th century.

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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 05:16:41 PM »
Makers mark on bottom is an M in a circle then G 230 and '10'
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2012, 08:22:42 PM »
If I remember correctly from the book "Undaunted Courage" about the Lewis and Clark expedition. 

A gill was about 4 oz.  The men were given a gill of whiskey each evening.

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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2012, 10:19:44 PM »
Must be where "stewed to the gills" comes from.
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2012, 04:21:52 AM »
I thought "stewed to the gills" was how one is likely to find someone who "drinks like a fish"  ;D
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Re: Charlie Nolan Gill
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2012, 04:47:09 AM »
Probably made for Charlie Nolan by Spark Mumma.
Spark signs his work with a circled M

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Re: Sparks Mumma Cup (formerly Charlie Nolan Gill)
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2012, 08:15:23 PM »
Thanks Mark.  The sig is identical to his work on hornguild so I relabled this
thread.  Not a bad find at the local junk store.  I'll take all of those I can get.
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