Blue one definitely looks like an insulator. Don't know if some would have had metal on them. Now to Google 'weather vane insulators'.
You're right, I didn't look closely enough. It was one of those times when image that came up in search didn't go with link. I did find some...
There are 2 realms of terminology: words as used by mineralogists; words as used 'in the trade'. You can imagine the latter are more...
Maybe a better suggestion than Boston. This one is Celluloid: [IMG] Posted one looks like it's wearing a circus collar.
Boston bull terrier?
Could this be your Gary Massaro? http://legacy.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/Researchers/Mss.02645.pdf
It would help put a name to the shell, which might help find more info on the piece, if you would show top & other side.
I'll grant you oddball. Maybe the dog & egg didn't start life together? Or maybe there was something like a carnival game where you paid to...
Can't see how the vane in the second set of pix could catch enough wind to turn it. Something missing?
Not just these days, at least as far back of the days of yore when I was a kid. I so wish they would make at least some jewellery using the...
To my eye, blue stones look like topaz; orange stones could be garnets, but think more likely to be 'madeira' citrine. Colors would be due to...
Looks like a bed jacket.
I think that little metal thing under the leather explains the blackening there. Can the fitting on the loose ends of the wire clip into that?...
I noticed the blackening on parts of the leather too, but didn't seem to be in the right place to be caused by the electrified parts we see. Post...
I think he qualifies as a work of art or at least artisanal work. Don't see wear I would expect if he had been used in changing store displays,...
Maybe a tingle then? Straps do look like repurposed belts to me & I could easily accept the chair as deaccessioned government property, with all...
A really big mustard pot or condiment jar? EDIT: IGNORE ME. DID NOT LOOK BACK AT PHOTOS & THOUGHT I WAS REMARKING ON A DIFFERENT POST. GRAVY...
I don't think there's any way this set up could produce magnetism, is there?
As INH observed, with his right hand. Wonder if they made a version for lefties?
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