OMG! I remember that. Kind of dates me as well!
Can someone tell me how to track down an "APP.RD.No"? I'm familiar with English Rd numbers and how to work them out but not an APP number. Tried...
Thanks for that Susan. Now that I was able to add "green glaze" to my search parameters I discovered it was a sugar bowl (missing lid) from a...
Found this in a bunch of auction sundries. It's a baby Wedgwood vase about 6.7cm long, 5.4cm wide and 4.8cm high and it had a mark I'm not...
There seems to be a joint in one of the photos that might unscrew. [ATTACH]
My thoughts so far... 1/ It has a single ended tube inside it that has a layer of insulating asbestos wrapped around it that has a resistance...
Well it looks like I have stumped everyone so off to the curio cabinet it goes and when I drop dead the next inquisitive owner can try again....
Fair enough Cheers Stephen
Ok you asbestos super humans who probably should be dead but aren't here's the deal. Being exposed doesn't guarantee you will get asbestosis...
[ATTACH] I could kick myself!! Initially I had dismissed them as surface damage but they are stamped letters V 160 What that means I...
Wish I'd thought of that earlier but I was in panic mode with the asbestos. Unfortunately the brittle wire has broken inside and I can't get to it...
Can anyone identify the age of the wiring? That could at least put a date on it. The wire is two conductor 10 strands of 0.25mm/0.010" with black...
Might be but the heater coil is insulated from the tube. The casing would get massively hotter than the iron. Cheers Stephen
There's a problem with that idea. The back end of the tube buts against a bunch of that asbestos stuff. There is no airflow route through the...
Don't give up. This things driving me crazy too. OAP "Old Age Pensioners" association?? Cheers Stephen
Another curious problem. There doesn't seem to be anyway of mounting it. I think the hole at the back is for the wiring and there is nothing...
Couple of problems with the cigar/cigarette theories. Firstly the heater coil is insulated (remember the asbestos) from the metal tube that pokes...
Bought this at auction recently and it was advertised as "Atomic Hood Ornament with light". Saw the ancient wiring and just could not resist...
These are probably an easy one for you but I can't figure them out. Two solid brass end pieces with some very fancy rope around them. About five...
That makes more sense. I'm beginning to think someone has re-purposed this to be a single wall light. Here's a better picture of it in position....
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