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What is this ?

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 2:57 pm
by Splitpin
I would love to know , the outside is leather, maybe wood underneath.

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Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:50 pm
by Fozzer
........ :rolleyes: ......inside is; "The Pit of Doom"...... :o ....!

Paul....it's the best I can come up with..... :wink2: ... :wink2: ...!

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 7:01 am
by Sonnyj
Quite possibly a pouch for shaking dice. Think (ha ha) if memory serves...that I have seen one used for crown and anchor also similar in pool table hall, for who goes 1st, etc.

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 7:40 am
by emfrat
Sonnyj wrote:Quite possibly a pouch for shaking dice. Think (ha ha) if memory serves...that I have seen one used for crown and anchor also similar in pool table hall, for who goes 1st, etc.


Ha! - a dice cup makes a lot of sense. Hard to get the scale of it, but it seems too small to be a tobacco jar for a cricket fan. Then again, maybe it's an early version of those things retired cricketers use to keep their cufflinks in :lol:

Mike

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 10:05 am
by towerguy
judging size against the window frame, it looks similar to a thing my grandmother used to use for darning socks.
You pull the sock over it and stuff the overhang inside out of the way while darning the hole as required.

might be completely wrong but that is what sprang to mind straight away when I saw it. :)

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 11:06 am
by Splitpin
Thanks for the ideas gents ...all worth following up.
Sorry, I should have mentioned the size ... it's just a bit bigger than a cricket ball.

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Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 6:36 pm
by johnkiwi
My first thought was a gear knob for a fancy vintage car, but now you have given it some size perspective I don't have a clue :givein:

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 8:01 pm
by Fozzer
Astronomers would describe it as a; "Black Hole"..... :wink2: ...!

I would use it as a spice grinder; Mortar and Pestle....(taking great care not to fall into it).... :blink: ...!

Paul.... :lol: ... :lol: ...!

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 11:12 pm
by Lindstrim
Something to knock in cricket bats?

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:50 pm
by Splitpin
Taken on board sir .. thank you.

Re: What is this ?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:55 pm
by Fozzer
I reckon the thing on the right is a Cigarette Lighter?.... :unsure: ....!

Lighten my darkness... :wink2: ... :wink2: ...!

Paul.... :lol: ... :lol: ...!