Old Convict Engraved Piece ?

[Connan]

Hey guys,
This was found on a colonial property.
It has the name CAP .H. WELMAN on it.
There was a captain Harvey Welman in Australia around 1828.
Someone has spent alot of time engraving it and looks to have been a good artist. You can see the detail in the work.
Could it have been made by a convict?
Any Idea's of what it may have been off?
It is just over 6cm wide,
Could it have been off an old Powder horn?
Cheers Co.

 

[Hilux]

No idea as to what it is for, it's a very nice find.

 

[grubstake]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184318202/harvey-welman
Chris Piggott in NSW, who compiled the below webpage, might be interested to hear about this find:
https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2017/11/harvey-welman-officer-in-hms-57th.html

 

[Connan]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184318202/harvey-welman
Chris Piggott in NSW, who compiled the below webpage, might be interested to hear about this find:
https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2017/11/harvey-welman-officer-in-hms-57th.html

Thanks, i just sent an email.

 

[Skiffed]

Hey guys,
This was found on a colonial property.
It has the name CAP .H. WELMAN on it.
There was a captain Harvey Welman in Australia around 1828.
Someone has spent alot of time engraving it and looks to have been a good artist. You can see the detail in the work.
Could it have been made by a convict?
Any Idea's of what it may have been off?
It is just over 6cm wide,
Could it have been off an old Powder horn?
Cheers Co.

What a fantastic find...

 

[davent]

Has to be a contender for find of the month/year!
Congratulations, I love Australian history, that is an amazing find!
I have a mate here who found a cannon ball near the mouth of the Adelaide River, here in the NT. I actually found a pic of the cannon there and the colony that was there in the 1800s.

 

[Connan]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184318202/harvey-welman
Chris Piggott in NSW, who compiled the below webpage, might be interested to hear about this find:
https://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2017/11/harvey-welman-officer-in-hms-57th.html

No response from email.

 

[Connan]

Has to be a contender for find of the month/year!
Congratulations, I love Australian history, that is an amazing find!
I have a mate here who found a cannon ball near the mouth of the Adelaide River, here in the NT. I actually found a pic of the cannon there and the colony that was there in the 1800s.

Is there a competition to enter?

 

[grubstake]

Is there a competition to enter?

Unfortunately not.

 

[Connan]

Unfortunately not.

Haha, ok

 

[davent]

well, if there was, you would win it with that! great find.