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Up for sale is a fantastic collection of vintage industrial foundry ingot bars, featuring highly desirable regional refinery hallmarks. These pieces feature a beautiful, authentic aged patina and crisp maker stamps, making them perfect as industrial desk paperweights, unique bookends, steampunk decor, or as historic additions to any tool and metallurgy collection.
What’s Included in this Lot:
2x "NEY" Segmented Bars: Stamped with the distinctive diamond logo of New England Smelting Works. These feature a clean, geometric notched design allowing segments to be snapped off. Each bar is double-stamped with the manufacturer "NEY" diamond and an alloy grade "L" diamond.
1x "PITTSBURGH" Ingot: A classic heavy bar featuring a bold, raised "PITTSBURGH" refinery stamp on the face. A wonderful piece of Rust Belt industrial history.
3x Utility Foundry Bars: Includes one bar stamped "PY" and two unbranded utility bars showing classic center cooling shrinkage lines from the casting process.
Total weight about 14lbs. Excellent vintage condition with no heavy damage. The metal retains its natural oxidation, dark gray tone, and historic character. We have not cleaned or polished these bars to preserve the highly sought-after original patina. Please review all photos carefully to judge the surface condition and crispness of the stamps.
# NEY Stamped, New England Smelting Works, Pittsburgh Smelting, Hallmarked Ingot, Diamond Logo Stamped, Maker Mark.The Object Type: Metal Ingot, Foundry Bar, Lead Pig, Segmented Bar, Notched Ingot, Lozenge Bar.The Specific Alloys: Babbitt Metal, Type Metal, Plumbers Lead, Letterpress Lead, Linotype Alloy, Bullet Casting Lead, Anvil Stock.Aesthetic & Display Appeal: Industrial Artifact, Steampunk Decor, Desk Paperweight, Bookend Heavy Metal, Rust Belt Memorabilia, Machine Age Antique.
