MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

No takers? I'll give it until later....

[Steeplejerk]

For bagging fertiliser

[Stanley]

Sorry Tom, no. Nowhere near either.....

[Big Kev]

Stone crusher?

[Gloria]

Additive for concrete?

[Stanley]

You're both right in a way, Kev has it exactly, a stone crusher and of course the result is an aggregate for making concrete.
Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

We're into lubricators again. What is the maker's name for this one?

[Stanley]

We've drawn a blank with this one and evidently Google hasn't helped either! It's the Lunkenheimer lubricator on the high pressure cylinder at Bancroft Shed. Used to give an initial dose of oil to the engine before it started. Made in the USA like many lubricators after WW1.
Next one?

[Wendyf]

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[Big Kev]

Egyptian sweet tin?

[MickBrett]

Egyptian Tea Caddy?

[Wendyf]

To be honest I don't know what it is, I was hoping someone might know! My dad brought it back from his wartime travels in the Middle East. Its about the right size to hold cigarettes.

[Big Kev]

It could well be for cigarettes

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[Tizer]

Could be for Turkish Delight?

[Tripps]

What ever it is I like it. I'm guessing it's just a tourist souvenir type item even in war time. Probably for cigarettes.

Kev's pic of the cigarette tin reminds me that we were occasionally given such tins of 50 cigs in Singapore, which had been confiscated from smugglers. They were a treat as they were in airtight tins, and they were not the usual very slightly damp due to the humidity.

[Wendyf]

I think you're right Tripps, a useful tourist souvenir which would keep fifty cigarettes dry and free from sand! Would there be obvious signs if it was made from a shell like trench art?

[Tripps]

Would there be obvious signs if it was made from a shell like trench art?

I never thought of that - you may well be on to something. Stanley's your man for sizes and materials of artillery shells.

[Big Kev]

What is it?

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[Cathy]

Not sure of the size.
Could it be a ladies make-up powder compact?

[Stanley]

A complementary pill holder from Fred Olsen?

[Big Kev]

Nay to both.

[Stanley]

Wendy, the main material available for trench art was shell cases. That's why it is often called 'shell art'. These are always brass so if an article isn't brass you can almost certainly dismiss it being trench art.

[Big Kev]

Not sure of the size.
Could it be a ladies make-up powder compact?

It's roughly 6cm x 6cm.
It's not.
The contents can be useful.

[Stanley]

A container for postage stamps?

[Wendyf]

Wendy, the main material available for trench art was shell cases. That's why it is often called 'shell art'. These are always brass so if an article isn't brass you can almost certainly dismiss it being trench art.

I'm quite sure it's brass but the base is plain with no markings.