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Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 11/29/2004 3:50:49 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Pic#2 Attachment (1) < Message edited by David E -- 11/30/2004 6:32:28 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Help with unknown pic#3 - 11/29/2004 3:54:23 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Pic#3 (in reply to David E) Post #: 2

RE: Help with unknown pic#3 - 11/29/2004 4:00:20 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Pic#3 Attachment (1) (in reply to David E) Post #: 3

RE: Help with unknown pic#3 - 11/29/2004 4:07:45 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Pic#3 Attachment (1) (in reply to David E) Post #: 4

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 - 11/29/2004 5:56:04 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Hi David, Interesting piece!Can't be sure from the pics-Is that actually a small hole on the bottom? Or just a depression? KAT _____________________________ "...Just don't let me mistake you for a mouse." (in reply to David E) Post #: 5

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 - 11/29/2004 1:46:01 PM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Hi Kat it's a small depression (manufatured) Dave (in reply to David E) Post #: 6

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 11/30/2004 6:25:36 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Hi Dave they sure look like inks to me! Check out the ones I have, a inny and a outy lol. The approx width is about 2 1/2" Both of my examples appear to have ground pontils... What does the base of yours look like? Taz Attachment (1) (in reply to David E) Post #: 7

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 11/30/2004 6:26:29 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Base view.. Attachment (1) (in reply to David E) Post #: 8

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/1/2004 6:03:54 AM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Hi Dave I just saw your other post it has 2 holes... Quess you can scratch ink off the list! How about something that goes on a lightning rod? Taz (in reply to David E) Post #: 9

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/1/2004 10:47:50 AM    codd commando   Posts: 15 Joined: 11/28/2004 From: SHREWSBURY ENGLAND Status: offline COULD IT BE A BASE FOR AN EARLY OIL LAMP? (in reply to David E) Post #: 10

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/2/2004 9:20:18 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Hi, Taz and Comander both sound good. My first though was that shoud have a brother joined with it for possible insulator, thanks you guys will research your suggestions. Dave (in reply to David E) Post #: 11

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/3/2004 4:46:24 PM    medbottle   Posts: 112 Joined: 7/13/2004 Status: offline Hi Dave. I don't have an answer about your object, but I have a question for Taz. Taz, do either of your inks have a small "v" shaped hole on the outter edge, close to the flatter side? (in reply to David E) Post #: 12

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/3/2004 5:21:12 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Hi Andy why yes! Do you have a similar example? Taz Attachment (1) (in reply to David E) Post #: 13

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/15/2004 2:04:30 AM    claire3798   Posts: 17 Joined: 12/15/2004 Status: offline Hi there all. I think you will find that these are early fly traps. Cheers (in reply to David E) Post #: 14

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/15/2004 1:02:37 PM    medbottle   Posts: 112 Joined: 7/13/2004 Status: offline Greetings all. Taz, sorry I didn't answer you sooner...I check the forum when work allows, and I missed your reply. The piece with the notch on the edge is actually an early breast pump, pre-dating the ones that look like a little tuba with the rubber bulb. The notch/hole alowed the woman to apply suction to the device as it was held against the breast. Once a vacuum was made, her finger could be slipped over the hole to maintain it and removed to release. I believe this design was used during the Civil War, but I don't know how long before or after that time. You could probably find the details on the internet, but be careful how you phrase those search parameters....you might end up on a site you didn't expect! (in reply to David E) Post #: 15

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/15/2004 1:13:06 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Thanks Andy! The guy I got it from didn't really know what it was for and we assumed it was a ink... Then I got to wondering from the last reply if maybe it wasn't a early ant "cup" lol Thanks for your help! Taz (in reply to David E) Post #: 16

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/15/2004 1:37:58 PM    Pontiled   Posts: 411 Joined: 8/27/2003 Status: offline Yep! It's definitely an early breast pump! Sorry I haven't gotten back to you on this earlier. My wife, Bunny, was an advanced collector of early nursing bottles and related "go-with." So, when in doubt, ask the boss! _____________________________ Mike Russell Author of: The Collector's Guide to Civil War Period Bottles and Jars -- Third Edition (in reply to David E) Post #: 17

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/15/2004 4:07:39 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Hmmm wonder if someone would want to trade a ink for it!! No Place for a breast pump in a ink collection!! Taz (in reply to David E) Post #: 18

RE: Help with unknown pic#2 (also see help unkown) - 12/16/2004 9:39:50 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline I was thumbing through Grand old American Bottles By Dr Larry Freeman today and yikes there it was!! You guys wern't fooling about that breast milk pump thing, lol Here is a pix from the book, it is called breast pipes... Taz Attachment (1) (in reply to David E) Post #: 19

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