The Wesco

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Here’s one I rediscovered while I was getting things organized around the museum a few weeks ago:

It’s more than a little rough, and there was a cap that has gone missing, but I picked it up because of a fantastic imprint:

“Wesco” in a very fancy script.  I haven’t been able to track down any information about this one.