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Anyone know what this is?
self
| March 5, 2011
| self
Posted on 03/05/2011 6:45:58 PM PST by Netizen
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bethyngalw; captainjackscompass; jacksparrowscompass
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Anyone know what this item is?
It is handmade, nice deco brass outer with rather crude scratched-up bright tin liner (not glass that is shiny in sides... that is tinplate...)
Rough-mounted circular, clear glass "window". Lid opens by pressing down on finger catch - like a dustpan). End of the "handle" has polished flat "gem" stone set in it.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:45:59 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: Netizen
A terrarium, perhaps?
Nice belt buckle.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:48:22 PM PST
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: Netizen
Maybe it held a nautical compass. (Just wildly guessing)
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:48:35 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Netizen
REVOLUTION
That is an easy one.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:49:12 PM PST
by
Zeneta
(Why are so many people searching for something that has already found us ?)
To: Netizen
it is an early nineteenth century bong...
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:49:23 PM PST
by
razbinn
(I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
To: Netizen
Tobacco or snuff box? Also just guessing.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:50:23 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Netizen
How big is it? Too big for a cigarette box that would be kept on a livingroom table?
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:50:51 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Netizen
Does the glass magnify? Perhaps for studying insects?
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:51:19 PM PST
by
Museum Twenty
(To see myself as others see me? Sounds like a terrible fate! I take great comfort in self-delusion.)
To: Netizen
Pretty sure it’s NOT the Social Security lockbox. Looks like it may be a shaving kit? (with the mirror on top)
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:52:06 PM PST
by
bubbacluck
(As for me, I'll pay more for tomatoes)
To: Netizen
Maybe used to observe butterflys and insects? The gem on the handle makes me think this.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:52:30 PM PST
by
katnip
( That is all I have to say for now)
To: liege
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:52:49 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: Netizen
hummmmmm Something someone made for mom in metal shop?
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:53:20 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: Cicero
snuffbox was my first impression.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:53:30 PM PST
by
digger48
To: al baby
Noticed it was glass too late.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:55:23 PM PST
by
bubbacluck
(As for me, I'll pay more for tomatoes)
To: Netizen
If the tin could be used as a mirror, it could be a shaving or makeup kit.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:55:49 PM PST
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: Netizen
It looks kind of like a silent butler.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:56:25 PM PST
by
clashfan
(know your rights)
To: Museum Twenty; Netizen
That’s what I was thinking – my guess is a thing to observe captured bugs.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:57:14 PM PST
by
rimtop56
To: Netizen
The box both Houses of Congress keep their brains?
To: Netizen
I can’t say I’ve ever seen anything like it.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:57:43 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error)
To: Netizen
I don't know what it is but I think it has a chap stick out the side.
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posted on
03/05/2011 6:57:55 PM PST
by
TBall
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