Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Wednesday.



                                                   Mystery Object.
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Haven't had one  of these for a while, mystery object that is. What is the above? When was it made, where, and for  what purpose (quite a specific one).   Eggs should  give a  fair idea of size. They are ordinary, standard, chickens' eggs.    Good guessing. You'll probably all know, anyway.
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8 comments:

  1. Rog15 March 2017 at 19:23

    It's a Spice cupboard made in the Orient in 1752.

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  2. Crowbard15 March 2017 at 21:21

    Charles II oak spice cupboard 1660-1685 ?
    A beautiful bit of timber, Mike, quality workmanship too.

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  3. Mike16 March 2017 at 18:25

    For the definitive answer, please see blog entry for Thursday, 16th March, 2017.

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  4. Crowbard16 March 2017 at 21:29

    Hi Rog, I take it you meant the spice was made in the Orient?....
    Or were the Japanese faking our designer goods even then?

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  5. Rog17 March 2017 at 12:11

    I meant Leyton Orient Crowbard, centre of excellence for chippies. A bit like Whitby.

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  6. Crowbard17 March 2017 at 20:34

    I think you scored there Rog, but it's a game of two halves. But as for Whitby, surely that is famous for its jet as invented by Frank Whitby or similar?

    Meanwhile, back in the real world, I used to work at the Whetstone plant where Frank Whittle tested his first jet engines. His raised brick test-beds are still there.

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  7. Rog18 March 2017 at 13:01

    Very good Crowbard - isn't the English language marvellous!

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  8. Crowbard18 March 2017 at 22:25

    Yes Rog, it is a rollicking delight and source of endless confusion to natives and foreigners alike.

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