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Victorian Era Birmingham Reel

This attractive Birmingham reel, featuring bas relief angling scenes on the plates, was commercially produced in at least two sizes, both as a crank handle reel and as a revolving plate reel. It appears to be a Victorian era British product. The design was reproduced in Germany during the 1970s and it is now difficult to differentiate the original reels from the reproductions.

The American Museum of Fly Fishing Collection
Gift of Frederic A. Sharf


Yearc. 1880Accession No.1986.028.261Made byunknown

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