I picked up this tankard in a thrift shop. It looks to be in very good condition, except that the silver plate seems to have been corroded away at...
The winder seems to have come good with some careful TLC. I've found a clockmaker in Adelaide, and he is going to fit a plastic 'glass', which is...
I don't think the provenance of my one is quite so fine as the one the museum paid all that money for! Nice to know what they paid though... The...
The Cary family seem to have done well in the realm of scientific instrument, and their name was used over quite a long period (see link). The...
Yes, I'm guessing it's going to be the same date, give or take. Serial number 202, but that's probably not for all barometers made by Cary, just...
By the way, the mechanism would seem to work perfectly, doing a comparison with a good electronic barometer.
This barometer belonged to my father. I thought he'd bought it new as a young man, but my investigations suggest it is nineteenth century, which...
Could it be spurs, attach to shoes / boots, used to indicate urgency to a horse?
Thank you for your help, I am truly impressed by your skill!
It is 30cm tall (steel ruler in pics is 12" / 30cm) and I got it in South Australia. It is hand thrown, the potter's hand made a lovely spiral...
It is an ashtray from Malta.
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It is part of a positive displacement pump, designed to pump highly viscous liquids hygienically.
The 'Made In Japan' label might be due to the US Tariff Act of 1930 which required items made outside the US to be so labelled. But why would it...
That makes sense, and as far as the Nazi stamp is concerned, I wouldn't have a clue if it was genuine or not.
On the other hand, I bought it from Germany, so maybe it never fell into enemy hands (till now).
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Aralide is Limey speak for epoxy, so we are on the same page. I will investigate lucite, to see if it could be what I have, cheers.
Thanks for your further broadening of the possible age of this thing, bigger mystery! The brass chain you mention is intriguing. Was that because...
The fixtures that hold the wires tot he ring (and the rose) are soldered on, I'm sure. Anyway, I kind of like the ambiguity, anywhere in the last...
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