Author Topic: Transportation Artifact--The Answer (Read 1892 times)

gerhed · « **on:** February 23, 2008, 10:37:20 AM »

Please identify this early Italian transportation artifact.

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kghost · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2008, 12:20:54 PM »

Looks like the back rail off a ship or boat

Gondola from Venice?

750goes · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2008, 12:48:01 PM »

A bedhead ??

gerhed · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:21:30 PM »

Nope and nope

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2008, 01:34:25 PM »

A "palanquín" -sorry don't know the english word-. In old Europe, wealthy people had somebody carry them over their shoulders.

kghost · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2008, 02:12:50 PM »

Does it go on a chariot?

Kinda a Ben-Hur thing?

Dawdlin Dog · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2008, 03:08:25 PM »

Grab rail of a Benelli sei?

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2008, 03:42:22 PM »

Quote from: kghost on February 23, 2008, 02:12:50 PM

Does it go on a chariot?

Kinda a Ben-Hur thing?

+1. thats what i was thinking, decoration off of a horse drawn conveyance

gerhed · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2008, 05:26:14 PM »

Quote from: fuzzybutt on February 23, 2008, 03:42:22 PM

Quote from: kghost on February 23, 2008, 02:12:50 PM
Does it go on a chariot?

Kinda a Ben-Hur thing?

+1. thats what i was thinking, decoration off of a horse drawn conveyance

kghost and Fuzz are on the right track

kghost · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2008, 05:31:49 PM »

Decorative trim from an Ox Cart?

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2008, 06:11:14 PM »

it's off a large carriage, probably the front where the driver sat.

HITMAN · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2008, 09:27:38 PM »

How bout' a Roman wagon?

DammitDan · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2008, 09:57:07 PM »

Some kind of decoration for a market cart?

"fratelli vaccaro vizzini"... brothers Vaccaro from Vizzini?

gerhed · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2008, 04:49:17 AM »

Kgohst and DammitDan--very close

It's the axle and/or substructure from a traditional decorated Sicilian oxcart.
It was "liberated" in the early 70's while I was on a "tour" in Italy with the
U.S. Navy.

The Liberator

kghost · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2008, 07:19:08 AM »

Hey Gerhed,

Thats a really cool piece,

The way ya shot that sure thru me off on the scale of it.

malcolmgb · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2008, 09:38:01 AM »

you stole it

in Siciliy

look out everyone the Mafia are on the way

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2008, 10:35:26 AM »

I'll bet thats one pissed off donkey !!

gerhed · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2008, 11:22:38 AM »

Quote from: malcolmgb on February 24, 2008, 09:38:01 AM

you stole it in Siciliy look out everyone the Mafia are on the way

The inscription on the axle says "fratelli vaccaro vizzini" as Dammit Dan noted.
Vizzini was the last name of a Sicilian mob boss who the U.S. worked with when
we landed in Sicily during WWII.

malcolmgb · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2008, 11:46:59 AM »

Hi gerhed
yes I Googled "fratelli vaccaro vizzini" to see if it gave any clues to what the item was and saw the Mafia links, since I can't understand Italian it did not make any sense.

DammitDan · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2008, 03:14:53 PM »

Hooray!

When I googled that phrase and went to images it brought up a couple pictures of a dead Italian kid who was shot while riding a scooter. I didn't know if maybe you had something to do with it gerhead

gerhed · « **Reply #20 on:** February 24, 2008, 05:17:05 PM »

Quote from: DammitDan on February 24, 2008, 03:14:53 PM

Hooray!

When I googled that phrase and went to images it brought up a couple pictures of a dead Italian kid who was shot while riding a scooter. I didn't know if maybe you had something to do with it gerhead

Not guilty !
But I do have more european artifacts-the identity of which cannot be divulged
because I'm not sure about municipal and national statues of limitations.

Aaron J Williams · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:26:50 AM »

So you ARE the Indiana Jones of the SOHC4 forums!

gerhed · « **Reply #22 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:39:14 AM »

Quote from: Aaron J Williams on February 25, 2008, 06:26:50 AM

So you ARE the Indiana Jones of the SOHC4 forums!

More like the Lord Elgin.

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