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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 248764, member: 360"]I have seen a few string dispensers in my time, I even saw one made of silver! (Jeesh!). But then when I saw this one at the flea-market, it just screamed to me:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"Adorable little brass, Victorian-era doodaddy-thingo"</i>, and I knew I had to buy it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What really struck me about it was just amazingly decorated it was with the flowers and the dragonflies and the patterns on the lid and the sides and how it would've SHONE when it was fresh-polished, and how it was made of BRASS, and designed to last FOREVER and how it looks GORGEOUS. </p><p><br /></p><p>And all it bloody well does is hold string!!! </p><p><br /></p><p>If we had something like this today, they'd make it out of bloody cardboard!! This was made to sit on your desk and look like it belonged there. </p><p><br /></p><p>The lady I bought it from said it was from the 30s, but after digging around online, I'm pretty well convinced it's Victorian. Apparently these things date as far back as the 1870s! I don't presume to say mine is that old, but I don't think it dates past 1910/WWI-era.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 248764, member: 360"]I have seen a few string dispensers in my time, I even saw one made of silver! (Jeesh!). But then when I saw this one at the flea-market, it just screamed to me: [I]"Adorable little brass, Victorian-era doodaddy-thingo"[/I], and I knew I had to buy it! :eek: What really struck me about it was just amazingly decorated it was with the flowers and the dragonflies and the patterns on the lid and the sides and how it would've SHONE when it was fresh-polished, and how it was made of BRASS, and designed to last FOREVER and how it looks GORGEOUS. And all it bloody well does is hold string!!! If we had something like this today, they'd make it out of bloody cardboard!! This was made to sit on your desk and look like it belonged there. The lady I bought it from said it was from the 30s, but after digging around online, I'm pretty well convinced it's Victorian. Apparently these things date as far back as the 1870s! I don't presume to say mine is that old, but I don't think it dates past 1910/WWI-era.[/QUOTE]
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