Here it is. The FRED. Spoon, bottle-opener and can-opener all in one. [IMG]
Not an inkwell. Likely for some sort of oil, lubricant or fuel. Australian army stuff is weird. In the...50s or 60s, they invented something...
Actually now I take a closer look at it, you might be right! LOL. What about tar or something of that kind? Pitch? etc?
Scooping molten metal and pouring it into molds?
I suspect it was the decoration on the mortar that indicated the country of origin, but that's just my guess.
I dunno if this helps at all, but the mortar and pestle were both lathe-spun. This means that they were originally solid blocks of wood, clamped...
I feel like I'm missing something. Where the hell do you put the money in? :o
In ceramics etc, they probably lasted longer, but in silver, according to at least three websites I came across, it says they died out by the mid...
The sources I read said they died out in the 1800s.
Here's somethin' you don't see every day! ...mostly because they stopped making them about 200 years ago... [ATTACH] This is a George III...
Maybe I'm just a simple eater. I love fish and chips. Half Jewish and half Belgian. :)
My ding-a-ling... My ding-a-ling... I like to play, With my ding-a-ling... [MEDIA]
I don't know why the English have such a bad reputation for their food. I like a lot of it. I read somewhere once, that the reputation for bad...
Oh I'm sure there are, but not as many, I suspect, as regular-sized ones.
I DO love me a good Benedict... :o Or what about syrup on pancakes? :)
Hi AF, yes it was the size more than anything else that drew me to it. I really think it's cute. I took it to my watchmaker friend today. He...
What a fascinating little item! :o
Oh please! It comes in three strengths: Dense. Concentrated. Extra-Thick.
935 = Swiss silver standard, I believe. So I'd start researching there.
MEASUREMENTS: 2in. across the top. 1.75in. front to back. 3.25in. from top to bottom. Here's the back: [ATTACH]
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