What is this?

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by Squijal, Sep 12, 2018.

  1. Squijal

    Squijal New Member

    It is brass, weighs approx. 3.5 lbs, is 5” - 7.5cm tall, measures 3” - 7.5cm across the top and 4” - 10cm across the bottom. 4F390957-105F-454F-AFDD-90B0301F82E4.jpeg 12368FD0-8C2E-44D9-8831-2509BDF32F27.jpeg D67CD07E-6300-4ACE-856F-6ACDE3AF597D.jpeg
     
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  2. judy

    judy Well-Known Member

    Hi Squijal! Welcome to Antiquers.

    Hopefully someone will be along that can help.
    @springfld.arsenal
     
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  3. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Hi and WELCOME to the Forums, @Squijal!!!!! It kind of looks like some sort of little pump, but totally not sure!!! Does it come apart??? Are those ashes around the stem??? Wondering what others will have to say!!! Can you post another image of that etching/logo???? Close-up!!! Thanks!!!
     
  4. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    In case not everyone has read introduction, I would repeat from the U.K. In case that helps to explain what this is.
     
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  5. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Does the dish like top unscrew and what is inside?
     
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  6. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Is there any resistance when you pull up the top part, or is it just loose? Pic of the bottom?
     
  7. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    It's a...uh....um...an...well, you push the....
     
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  8. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    I can't tell from the photo, but is the top of the plunger a screen that something could be dispensed through, or is it solid? If it is meant to dispense something, there would also need to be a way to fill it.
     
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  9. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    I think it may be an alcohol dispenser - you push a cotton ball down onto the top. Here is a modern version:
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    D&L (or L&D) may have been a pharmaceutical company.
     
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  10. Squijal

    Squijal New Member

    Thanks for all the replies. The dish top does unscrew but is corroded so I have not seen inside. The section that pulls up has no resistance, it is weighted and just plops back down, the thin tube is hollow, the round top piece also unscrews and is covered with a metal gauze. There is no sign of ashes in the top dish. An alcohol dispenser sounds interesting I shall investigate this idea further thanks.
     
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  11. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    If there is no resistance, I don’t see how this would be a liquid dispenser. Unless when filled, it gains resistance somehow. It would require a spring, I would think. But, of course I could be wrong.
     
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  12. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    A guess only.
    An incomplete railway signal box plunger.
     
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  13. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    It looks as if the logo is DL8, which I see is a postal code in the UK. Maybe irrelevant, or may not say that at all. :rolleyes:
     
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  14. Squijal

    Squijal New Member

    I don’t think it would gain any resistence there’s too much weight at the bottom but as you suggest perhaps there’s something missing.
     
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  15. Squijal

    Squijal New Member

    the logo is a fancy D & L intertwined sorry about the poor quality pic but perhaps you can see what I mean 99DA65BA-3E62-4F50-8C87-E370D62FD5C9.jpeg
     
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  16. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    Agree, the secret is probably inside. Drip a little WD-40 (everyone has a cannot two, no?) on the joint, leave for 8 hrs, unscrew. Or try thinnest oil you have. An alcohol dispenser is a good possibility, age would have dried up pump seals so there is no longer any pumping or resistance.
     
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