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Anyone know what this is?
self | March 5, 2011 | self

Posted on 03/05/2011 6:45:58 PM PST by Netizen



TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bethyngalw; captainjackscompass; jacksparrowscompass
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To: Netizen
Here's an antique licorice tin.


61 posted on 03/05/2011 7:42:14 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Netizen

Jewelry display box for use in either a shop or a museum.


62 posted on 03/05/2011 7:43:35 PM PST by JimWayne
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To: Netizen
To me it appeared it might be part of a surveyor's set of tools.

See the following page: http://www.antiqbuyer.com/survey_acces.html


63 posted on 03/05/2011 7:46:03 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: Netizen

"What the hell is that?"

64 posted on 03/05/2011 7:46:25 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Netizen

Fancy coke box?


65 posted on 03/05/2011 7:46:31 PM PST by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
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To: JimWayne

That’s a possibility


66 posted on 03/05/2011 7:48:08 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: DeFault User

Several aspects of the box make it look “repurposed.” The tin liner, the damaged bezel around the round “window” in the top. Those round areas on each corner likely held some sort of decoration, glasss, semiprecious stone, medallion. Restore those, plus a likely magnifying glass in the top, and it’s sort of fancy, almost like a handheld Victorian curio. The handles throw me though.

It’d be useful to know the dimensions of it. The items surrounding it don’t necessarily help. I suspect it’s smaller than we think.


67 posted on 03/05/2011 7:54:24 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Netizen

“End of the “handle” has polished flat “gem” stone set in it. “

Well, that flummoxes me.
Otherwise it looks like a store display.


68 posted on 03/05/2011 8:02:47 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: Netizen

I dunno, but I want to see the miniature blacksmith go at it with that tiny anvil!!


69 posted on 03/05/2011 8:02:58 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: right way right; pissant
Close, I think this is a Piss Ant fighting ring.

I think FR decorum requires an obligatory ping when invoking a member's name..........

70 posted on 03/05/2011 8:06:56 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: RegulatorCountry

I think the glass is a replacement. It may have held a piece of beveled leaded glass or even a porcelain medallion at one time. The flipping handle suggests it was to be opened and closed regularly without picking up the entire box from the table or desk. A chronometer or compass box would usually have some type of mechanism to clasp the piece inside the box, plus the lid would usually be sealed tightly to keep out moisture and dust.

My final guess is that it sat on a desk as part of a desk set. The person seated at the desk would press down the lever and offer his guest either a cigarette or a piece of candy.


71 posted on 03/05/2011 8:08:08 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: mrsmith

The handles have me starting to lean ceremonial, like some lodge or even a religion. It was meant to be carried around.


72 posted on 03/05/2011 8:08:48 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Netizen
Is that a box below the circular piece?

Some similarities here..............

73 posted on 03/05/2011 8:09:55 PM PST by Daffynition ( DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
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To: Kirkwood

Part of an ornate desk set is a great guess. That hadn’t entered my mind.


74 posted on 03/05/2011 8:11:10 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Netizen

If you mean the lottery ticket, it is not a winner... remember to play again on Wednesday...


75 posted on 03/05/2011 8:23:36 PM PST by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: Netizen

That tube shaped handle throws me. I was wondering why anyone would make a tubular handle, because such a shape would make it harder to hold on to.

Perhaps the handle was meant to be inserted into a larger tube—buy why?

Well, maybe it’s meant to hold a lock of hair?


76 posted on 03/05/2011 8:25:27 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: Netizen

I box of receipts for the money spent on TARP.


77 posted on 03/05/2011 8:26:33 PM PST by LachlanMinnesota (Which are you? A producer, a looter, or a moocher of wealth?)
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To: Netizen

Pandora’s box. oops too late its open... =0 (j/k)


78 posted on 03/05/2011 8:30:17 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Netizen
Tonight's winning POWERBALL numbers are...Good Luck!


79 posted on 03/05/2011 8:32:37 PM PST by Daffynition ( DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
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To: Netizen

It’s a 19th century version of a “laser” first invented by Dr. Miguelito Loveless


80 posted on 03/05/2011 8:39:03 PM PST by Krankor (And he's oh, so good, And he's oh, so fine, And he's oh, so healthy, In his body and his mind)
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