MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Gloria]

Is it a removal spanner for lifting the knee on a milling machine, bit of a long shot?

[Stanley]

No Gloria.... Sorry!

[Big Kev]

Is it for winding up something clockwork?

[Tripps]

No - It's for winding us up with . . .

[Big Kev]

[plaques]

Its a bed spanner.

[Stanley]

Ken has it. You have to be a certain age to recognise the CI spanner that came with iron bedsteads for erecting them.....
Next one?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Cathy]

Is it for filling with some sort of oil, and burning.

[Stanley]

Very close Cathy but sorry, no.

[Cathy]

Is it for Incense

[Stanley]

No Cathy, much more mundane.....

[Cathy]

Don’t tell me it’s for candles, I can’t see how it could be secured.

[Big Kev]

Oil lamp?

[Stanley]

Sorry, Neither of you is getting any warmer.....

[Wendyf]

Is it for dripping oil into or onto something?

[Stanley]

In a way Wendy but not the way you are thinking. Lubricating is the way to go!

[Gloria]

Is it for storing spills?

[Stanley]

Stick to oiling!

[Stanley]

I'm quite surprised, you have had this twice before and I was sure you'd get it quickly.
Get back to oiling!

[Steeplejerk]

Described as a feather oiler the last time it made an appearance

[Stanley]

Because a feather was what was used to transfer the oil. Now please tell me who used it and where.....

[Big Kev]

a conical tinplate oil holder that hung on the loom frame with a feather in it for transferring the oil.

[Stanley]

Exactly right Kev.....
Now for the next one......
Funny thing is I went for a furtle through my weaving pics and can't find a pic of a feather oiler on a loom. They were thin on the ground evidently at Bancroft. Most weavers had a Marvel dried milk tin with a hole punched through the lid for the feather....