I just needed your prod about the "antique flax cutter" for the memory to finally kick in. Sorry about the pizza cutter suggestion. With the...
That would be a "skutching knife". Used in processing flax into linen fibers. A bundle of harvested and dried flax was placed on a flat surface,...
A few more observations on this photograph - it looks like it might be an albumen print, from the color and the slightly crinkled surface visible...
Or perhaps a pizza cutter - an old version of this: [IMG] http://www.oldtreeshop.com/shop/barstool/windmill/large-maple-pizza-cutter
2many's partner here. Jivvy is correct. This is a 'finishing tool' called, simply enough, a 'type holder', for holding type or ornaments to...
I am afraid you will not be successful, whatever you try. The first step in creating silver deposit and overlays was to create a fine layer of the...
Here is a somewhat similar one: [ATTACH] https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/primitive-wood-herb-gathering-basket-1726163267 The double hoops...
Use your words. What are you trying to say?
The boy's bib overalls would support an early 1900s date at the earliest. "In the early 1900s, OshKosh B'Gosh began selling bib overalls in...
Interesting basket. The splints and weaving skeins are wood (rather than cane) although I can't tell what type, and look like they are hand split...
He says he might, so be careful what you wish for. ;)
2many's partner here, the bookseller. This kind of padded binding was very popular in gifty kinds of books in the late Victorian period. Looks...
Nice item, particularly with the family history. Technically, it is a positive transparency, like a color slide, as the colors (though faded)...
The processes listed in the beginning of the manual are steps in cleaning raw wool, not spinning into yarn. "When shorn from the sheep, wool...
Just ran across this - 13th century bundle forks in use: [ATTACH] 13thc Old Testament, Pierpont Morgan Library, M638, f.17v
My vote is for fox, or maybe coyote. [IMG]...
Great finds, inh! The first one looks very like the op's. (https://www.icollector.com/19th-c-African-water-pipe-water-bottle_i11710915) I tried...
Interesting. I notice they don't give any more specific provenance beyond "Africa", and describe it as a "smoking pot", which turns out to be a...
That makes the most sense, working with sheaves harvested by a binder. [IMG] https://www.farmcollector.com/farm-life/harvesting-oats-zm0z16novzhur
Hello gaetano. It does not look like anything "real" that I have seen. The carved figure is quite crude. Perhaps a few more views might be...
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