What Are These Things For? (19 pics)
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- 3 Sep, 2020 |
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“Wow! It looks like a Davis Quadrant or a Backstaff, a navigational instrument that was the predecessor to the sextant.”
“It’s a sugar cube holder. For tea parties with scones. Or coffee and cake.”
“It looks like a plantation/planters chair. You’d put your sore swollen legs up on the arms after sitting on a horse all day.”
“It looks something like an old ‘smokers table.’ The copper could be an ashtray and the curved area could be for bottles as well.”
"It's upside down. The funnel goes up. It is an herb grinder."
"It’s an old beekeeping tool. It’s for removing honey from honeycombs."
“Just a guess, but maybe it was built during the ’70s energy crisis. A home near where I grew up was built with a berm around most of it to save on heating and cooling.”
“It’s a blast wall. They’re generally full of large rocks and packed dirt.”
“They look like locker numbers.”
“It’s a horse racing game!! Played with a deck of cards and dice. All based on dice roll probability.”
"The stone on this Italian castle is completely worn down by 700 years of rainfall dripping off the roof onto the exact same spot."
“It’s a rolling pin footrest.”
“Black powder flask/horn.”
“It looks like a wine bottle holder.”
"It’s called a miao comb that most likely originated in Indonesia or China. It’s meant to be worn in a horizontal fashion."
"It’s a magic lantern glass slide."
"It is for cleaning chaff from blueberries and other berries. A vacuum cleaner plugs into the top port. A bucket goes underneath. Turn on the vacuum and pour your berries, stems and leaves in the funnel. The berries go down but the leaves and stems get sucked into the vacuum."
"Look like husking tools for corn."
"It's called a rotary switch"
