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Title: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 12, 2008, 01:27:00 PM

I have a theory but I'd be interested to know what others think first. A moulded greyish glass octagonal bottle thingy mounted in chromed metal. When, where and who would be good if anyone knows as well please

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Frank on April 12, 2008, 01:34:56 PM

Possibly an lady's oiler, the base plate should be slightly flexible. They came with sewing machines. Late 19th to 1930s

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 12, 2008, 01:46:29 PM

The metal base only flexes because the weld/solder is coming apart. The glass is only open at the top, not the base. I should have said it is 10.75 inches (just over 27 cm) tall

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Ivo on April 12, 2008, 02:20:41 PM

moroccan rose water sprinkler i think.

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Carolyn Preston on April 12, 2008, 11:58:31 PM

Looks a bit like the instrument the doctor's nurse used to wash the wax out of my ear  :ac1: but maybe an older version.  :chky:

Carolyn

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: krsilber on April 13, 2008, 12:45:29 AM

The tip of the top (the top tip, you might say) looks like something you'd fit a rubber tube or hose onto.

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 13, 2008, 11:56:56 AM

There's no way to exert any pressure. It is just a bottle in a stand with a long spout that screws off. I'm not sure about the rose water sprinkler, possibly but not Moroccan, its got an A on the bottom

Spelling corrected  :-[

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Frank on April 13, 2008, 12:39:42 PM

A lot of French decorating/finishing companies had factories in Morocco and usually marked in the French manner.

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Ivo on April 13, 2008, 02:16:06 PM

Quote from: Lustrousstone on April 13, 2008, 11:56:56 AM

I'm not sure about the rose water sprinkler, possibly but not Moroccan, its got an A on the bottom

I've had a ball shaped metal one with exactly the same spout, and that was Moroccan. 

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Andy on April 13, 2008, 03:57:26 PM

How do you fill it?
i like the oil idea, maybe for a new fangled Bicycling machine?
Andy :D

Title: Re: Mystery object - what do you think?
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 13, 2008, 04:07:28 PM

It unscrews, see picture. I put some water in it and it poured rather than dripped or sprinkled. My initial thought was that it was a cigar lighter - a fine wick into a flammable liquid. Light it at your fireplace, then light your cigar...