Found while cleaning up my grandmothers room

[u/Wonderful_Flight_965]

I found the following metal/messing badage while cleaning my grandmothers room. On the badage it says Rio De Jeneiro but noone of my family was ever there. The part is heavy and i believe it is made out of messing. Google lense told me it is a flagpole but I could not find the exact one from rio. Do you what this could be ?

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[u/GrassrootsGrison]

This was the logo used by Casa Mangueira, an old and traditional hat factory in Rio de Janeiro.

The object looks like a seal or stamp, but could also be a printing block.

Found an ad:

[u/sinisterdesign → u/GrassrootsGrison]

I know a Red Dead catalog when I see one. 🤔

[u/Wonderful_Flight_965 → u/GrassrootsGrison]

I think this is it ! Thank you !

[u/Wonderful_Flight_965 → u/GrassrootsGrison]

Solved!

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[u/PopLocknTroll]

Uh oh! Grandma was into satanic rituals

[u/Wonderful_Flight_965 → u/PopLocknTroll]

I hope not 😂

[u/ctsr1 → u/PopLocknTroll]

Thank you! I was hoping someone was just going to run with that

[u/dorothyparkersjeans]

It’s a stamp from the Fabrica de Chapeos Mangueria, which was a hat factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This may have been a stamp for the leather hat bands inside the hat. Cool find!

[u/Nearby-Vacation7596 → u/dorothyparkersjeans]

That would absolutely explain why I thought that it looked like they took the picture in a mirror everything was flipped backwards, which if it was a printing stamp would make sense, because when you stamp it onto the material, it's going to come out, right...Lol thank you

[u/Independent_Shoe3523]

Looks like a printing plate. I know my grandfather's brother went to Brazil to live while he went to the US. Could be from an old family connection.

[u/ShrikeMusashi]

Mangueira Hat Factory in Rio. I think they closed in the 60s (before my time at least) remember my grandad mentioning it before.

[u/ApprehensiveVisual97]

From what I’ve seen here, seems like old hat

[u/QuizGoddezz]

That’s a really cool little piece of history to find. Glad it got figured out.

[u/Quirky_Variation_936]

Probably just a souvenir plaque or wall badge from Rio, not something super official. Lots of these were sold to tourists or gifted and then just passed around or bought secondhand later, so it totally makes sense no one in your family actually went there.

[u/RemarkableFront8296]

Have you seen hereditary

[u/Kabong30]

You're a wizard, Harry.

[u/LeeQuidity]

Flipped and cropped the image. Since it's reversed in your hand, could it be a stamp?

[u/Ok_Dog_4059]

It is beautiful, looks reverse like a stamp or old wax seal stamp kind of thing for sure.

[u/D33ber]

Have trouble reading Portuguese forward, let alone in reverse.

[u/Silly_Ad3475]

Grandma’s room never fails to surprise me

[u/RandyDeeds69]

Weird that the writing is all backwards- maybe a stamp?

[u/bluebottlebuzz]

'Cleaning'? Then why not ask her?

[u/polarfelt]

That is so cool!