OneGuyFromBarlick

What is it?

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

No Gloria.... Sorry!

Is it for winding up something clockwork?

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

Its a bed spanner.

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?

What is it?

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

Very close Cathy but sorry, no.

Is it for Incense

No Cathy, much more mundane.....

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

Oil lamp?

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

Is it for dripping oil into or onto something?

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

Is it for storing spills?

Stick to oiling!

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

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

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

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

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....