MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Is it a stamp for putting a design on a pat of butter?

[Big Kev]

A mould for wax? I've seen the figures for sale on Etsy.

[Wendyf]

It's made of wax Kev. Food related but not butter Stanley.

[Big Kev]

For biscuits?

[Wendyf]

That's right Kev. I've had it for 40 years at least but didn't know what it was until I searched Google this morning. It is a German Springerle biscuit mould which was given to my parents in the late 1960s by the Duropal rep who Dad became friends with through his work at Arnold Laver's in Leeds.
Springerle biscuits were made for festive occasions.

[Big Kev]

It was Google who told me

[Tripps]

Well the Germans kept that quiet didn't they? I'd never heard of them and I lived in Germany for two years.

Lots on Youtube though. I guess the nearest is Scottish shortbread. Some of the patterns look medieval.

This gives you the flavour of it all. They look good. Springerle biscuits

[Stanley]

I have never seen them either. Possibly because sweet things have never attracted me, I was more interested in the sausage and sauerkraut!



Try this, what are they?

[Gloria]

For carrying coins?

[Big Kev]

For cigarette ends/ash tray?

[Stanley]

Sorry Gloria, Kev has it right. It's a small personal butt bin.
Next one?

[Gloria]

Where is this?

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[Stanley]

I don't know where but I'll guess it's a stuffed rhinoceros being lifted into a museum.....

[Gloria]

You’re right about it being stuffed, but it isn’t in a museum.

[Stanley]

An art gallery then?

[Gloria]

No, not an art gallery. Bit early to give a clue.

[Stanley]

For the time being I'm out of ideas Gloria....

[Tripps]

You're ahead of the game with your Flying Hippo/

The Guardian has just caught up today.

[Gloria]

You're ahead of the game with your Flying Hippo/

The Guardian has just caught up today.

[Gloria]

Clue…….we have been on holiday to watch vintage car race in Italy.

[Stanley]

Sorry, I have no idea.....

[Gloria]

Don’t know how it can be classed as art.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/trav ... of-culture

[Stanley]

My only comment is that it was a Rhino not a hippo....
We need a new object.......

[Stanley]

What is it?

[PanBiker]

Is it part of a rope race drive system and shafting?

Or could it be from a clothes rack?