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TOC seat bicycle ? Motorcycle ? English ?

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Glenn Rhein

Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Large cool old seat, any ideas what it’s from ?
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Thoughts .......... in the teen's era ... a dual nose-spring in a saddle
is often indicative of motorcycle affiliation.


National origins ??

Type of thread on bolts and nuts may result in a light-bulb moment.

Great Saddle -- Glenn ....

..... patric
 
Not really large, main springs sort of med/light weight, leaning toward European, looks pretty old tho-
 
Not motorcycle! Looks like Persons 1910-14 bicycle. The motorcycle seats from persons, troxel, etc had solid, flatbar rails. Some bicycle seats did as well. The motorcycle seats were longer and wider. I have bought a few over the years without getting the dimensions, much to my disappointment. Same thing happened here on the cabe. One gent took nice pictures of a bicycle seat. It arrived and I about fell off my stool. It was clearly a juvenile bike seat. No mention of that in the description. Education is rarely free.
 
What is the plating on the seat post? That may be a clue to its age. If nickel plating likely before 1930, if chrome plating most likely after 1930. By the way the plating is pealing off the seat post my first guess would be chrome and therefore 1930 or later.
 
Looks really heavy duty & utilitarian all around. What about from a delivery type bike or trike?
 
After a bit more searching, it appears to me that the seat belonging to Glenn Rhein most likely came from a 1930's era Phillips or other English delivery bike of that era.
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