Antique Brass Tiffin Carrier - 1900s :)

Currenty on holiday in Malaysia and Singapore. I picked this up in a flea-market in Kuala Lumpur. It needs a bit of fixing (nothing a bit of dent-pressing and frame-bending won't set right), and a damn good polishing, but otherwise, it's in great condition. I just had to have it!! A large-sized four-tier solid brass tiffin carrier. I can't wait to use it

I think it's from around 1880-1910, but this style has been made for over 100 years, so it's hard to date accurately.



Here it is all opened up:

 

Well carry my tiffins!
Never heard of this before.

 

Had to look it up, but... what a great idea.

 

hahahaha Most people will not have heard or seen these things before.

A tiffin carrier is for carryin your tiffin. Tiffin is an old English slang-word for lunch. It was used very commonly throughout the eastern reaches of the British Empire back in the old days.

Tiffin carriers are still used in Asia tody and you can buy band new modern ones made of stainless steel - bu i have wanted an antique one like this for years and years!! I ca't believe that I finnally managed to get my hands on one!

 

It took ages, but...



...to...



Still got a bit more to go, but I love the results already!

 

Mannnnnnn, luv it!

 

Hehe. Thanks. Still trying to get all the little niggly bits done...

 

Good progress, Shangas!

Personally, I hate, Hate, HATE polishing brass (so I just don't do it!)

 

Final product:

 

My, ain't that fine!

 

Haha!! Thank you

I don't think I'll polish it any further than this. There's no real point and it looks amazing as it is. It looks clean, but it also looks used and aged.

I mean, if I REALLY went to town with the polish, I could probably remove ALL the age marks and stuff, but I'm too lazy to do that. I've removed the heavy tarnish, and the worst of the more stubborn marks, and that'll do, I think.

 

Nice set-up for a Mexican picnic. Chips 'n' salsa, tortillas, Carne Asada, guacamole. Shangas, you'll need a cooler for the Dos Equis.

 

Here it is all opened up...

 

Pretty tiffine if you ask me...
Did you?

 

...did I what?

 

Ha!
Ask me if I thought it was pretty tiffine.
Just a little play on the word.
Looks great!

 

A video I made about my tiffin carrier. Enjoy it, if you can stand to put up with the sound of my voice!

 

Mannnnnnn, that's gonna be a picnic!!!!!

Ummm... dude, though, the beer...

Hey no worries... you bring the munchies, we'll bring the suds!

 

I enjoyed both the video and your blog. Quite informative and entertaining!

 

Thanks. I thought I should do a video, since it's not always immediately obvious how these antique ones work.