MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Big Kev]

Cathy's image is her own, it was the bar code on the packaging that gave it away.
Your 'object' is available via an image lookup despite it being your own. I won't give away what it is.

[Gloria]

Does the handle pump in and out to spin the disc shaped object?

[Stanley]

Sorry Gloria but no.
Kev, I thought that it would be searchable because it has been used before.... Well done for hanging back.
It is an example of the popularity of science at one time for entertainment.

[Stanley]

No takers? I think you'd better tell them Kev......

[Stanley]

If Kev doesn't break cover I shall knock it on the head today.....

[PanBiker]

Is it for creating a vacuum in a bell jar or similar?

[Big Kev]

A 1920 - 30s era Griffin & George Vacuum Pump made from brass and mounted on a wooden base.

[Stanley]

You both have it right!



What's going on here?

[Gloria]

Is it warming a bed for a small animal, perhaps a lamb?

[Wendyf]

Is it a hay box for slow cooking?

[Big Kev]

I'm with Wendy on that. I believe it's referred to as retained heat cooking, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall used one on one of his cookery programmes.