Gliebe Excalabur #112
Question
I see by one of your questions that the Gliebe Company was in Brookly, NY, do you have a time frame? I wondering about this beautiful rod, carved wood, metal rod, hoping that you can give me a lot of information regarding this piece, Carol
Answer
Hi Carol,
I don't have exact dates of company operation but they were in business in the early part of the 1900s. I assume this is a boat rod...long wooden handle, fairly short rod shaft. Gleibe did not make rods. They had the rods they sold made by other companies. A possible maker of the steel rod at that time would have been the Horton Manufacturing Company of Bristol, CT. Value of the rod would be in the $5-$30 range depending on condition.
Thanks, Joe
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