Brass religious object???

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  1. Daniel oshaughnessy

    Daniel oshaughnessy Active Member

    Found this today thrifting. It is all brass with griffins on the base. I have no idea what it is. Looks very old. Maybe a religious object??? Any ideas?
     

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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Welcome, Daniel! Looks like something to do with smoking. The part with the 2 flat upright pieces is a matchbox holder.
     
    Bakersgma, Jul 20, 2018
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  3. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    I agree smoking stand,and some people did indeed use this as a religious item. They smoked religiously!
     
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  4. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    :hilarious::cigar::hilarious:
     
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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Explains why only the bowl shaped receptacle is removable, so ashes can be dumped. Supported by fire breathing dragons, what could be more appropriate?
     
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    One spot for ciggies, one for cigars, and a slot for a match box with an ash tray. Yep. I wouldn't know what to do with it either except stuff it with jewelry findings.
     
    evelyb30, Jul 20, 2018
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Welcome to the forum, Daniel.
    What the others said (including the jewellery findings), and late 19th-early 20th century.

    Talking of religious smokers, does anyone remember those figurines of monks with cigars or cigarettes which could smoke? I think they were German.
     
    Any Jewelry, Jul 21, 2018
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  8. judy

    judy Well-Known Member

    Can't say I do AJ!:sorry:
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Maybe the Germans only sold them to us.:rolleyes:
    My dad also used to have a ceramic ashtray with a smoking Churchill. I think you put your cigarette in a hole at the back of the figurine, and the smoke came out through a tiny hole in the ceramic cigar.
     
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  10. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    I think the bowl is not an ashtray but for mixing different pipe-tobbacoes
     
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  11. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Now that I DO remember. (Churchill) Also, there was a little house, where the chimney smoked...
     
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  12. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    I believe some months ago there was a thread about 3 "goblets" and what appeared to be a cutting blade fixture, it was also a tobacco blending piece.
     
    Hollyblue, Jul 21, 2018
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  13. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Cigarettes, cigars, matches, ashtray all in one.

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    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Jul 21, 2018
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  14. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Daniel, can you show a photo of the bottom please? Are there any marks on it?
     
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  15. Daniel oshaughnessy

    Daniel oshaughnessy Active Member

    There are no makers mark. Here is the pic of the bottom. Thanks
     

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  16. Daniel oshaughnessy

    Daniel oshaughnessy Active Member

    There are no makers mark. Here is the pic of the bottom. Thanks
     

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  17. AuDragon

    AuDragon Well-Known Member

    Hi Daniel and welcome. I agree with the others. Smoking equipment.
     
    AuDragon, Jul 21, 2018
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  18. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    My family were smokers and I have several very decorative whatsits like this with the same configuration. There may have been a small glass bowl to sit in the center well.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Jul 24, 2018
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