What Does the Monogram Say?

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

thanks to Leroy & Jakob- that's exactly what i was hoping someone would post, so we could make a more direct visual comparison of the individual letters. i don't have the software to do this sort of thing. (note to Arnaud- i'm not an idiot.)

Mitch sure you are not an idiot but the way I understood you, I realised one can draw almost every letter on the monogram, so doesn't make it less complicated and that is the goal.
Wasn't it I who posted the first visual comparison of individual letters. When I posted the first visualization I even thought about your answer as to me it was indeed something you asked for.
On the other hand, no need for software, just a printer scanner and a pencil.

arnaud

 

[Kevin Scott]

monogram

Can anyone make out H&D F Co? H.&D. Folsom Co, aka H.&D. Folsom Arms Co. was a retailer of firearms in NYC active at the turn of the century. Seems it was a sort of a large Department Store for guns. I don't know anything about guns, I got this info from google.
It seems like it could work. Makes sense that the H-D share a main stem in the Monogram. Seems to follow Monogram "rules". The style of the monogram fits the time period. Kevin Scott

 

[leroytwohawks]

Kevin, You may have the right idea! That would explain the half figure 8, it might represent a "&" sign and it puts it in the right place on the monogram and with it being a New York company and the addition of now knowing there is a second more readable monogram which might be of the person who bought the gun from H.&D. Folsom Co.

It's got my vote so far,:thumbs up:
Kevin

Can anyone make out H&D F Co? H.&D. Folsom Co, aka H.&D. Folsom Arms Co. was a retailer of firearms in NYC active at the turn of the century. Seems it was a sort of a large Department Store for guns. I don't know anything about guns, I got this info from google.
It seems like it could work. Makes sense that the H-D share a main stem in the Monogram. Seems to follow Monogram "rules". The style of the monogram fits the time period. Kevin Scott

 

[tolesh]

Wow, I think kevin is on the right track. H D Folsom & Co makes a lot of sense to me. It is a takedown gun case usually for shotguns. It is known as a "Leg of Mutton" case because it resembles a leg of lamb.
Many thanks to all for your great help. this mongram bugged me for years, I could never figure it out. Thank You all.

 

[DKanger]

Notice the address in the upper right hand corner. I have this catalog, but it doesn't list any muttonchop gun cases. However, it's an early one and they would have been sold in the later cartridge era.

 

[filbertius]

You guys would make good detectives - but please keep engraving anyway...
Gary