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August 27, 2008
What the heck is this?
What the heck is this?
I found this behind another one of the walls being opened yesterday, adding it to the tally of 3 bottles (one from 1854) and 4 soaps.
http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-176846/mpage-1/key-/tm.htm#177785
Any thoughts?
tia,
Dean
Comments
a doorknob?
Posted by: albklyn at August 27, 2008 12:15 PM
I'm pretty sure that is a weight (dumbbell), even if it's not too heavy. I have a friend who has collected several antique dumbbells carved from wood that look similar. I think they may have been fashionable for exercise more for the movement and aesthetic rather than to bulk up.
Posted by: SamHall at August 27, 2008 12:23 PM
it's a wooden dumbell, common around 1890-1910
Posted by: psps at August 27, 2008 12:24 PM
that is so cool!
Posted by: brownstoner at August 27, 2008 1:24 PM
Great find! Feel the burn!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 27, 2008 1:33 PM
Uh, I wouldn't be holding that in my bare hand if I were you...
Posted by: BlackieJones at August 27, 2008 1:49 PM
no way is it a dumbbell - it ways less than an apple/can of coke etc
I originally thought it might be some kind of antique rattle when I first found it but what kind of masochist would give their kid something hard and wood to bang themselves on the head.
Cheers,
Dean
btw. BlackieJones....how come?
Posted by: deanc at August 27, 2008 2:23 PM
lol weighs as well as ways :( duh
Posted by: deanc at August 27, 2008 2:23 PM
Dean, are you doing a gut renovation? Are you going to post some before/after pics? Do you have any details left? I'm such a voyeur.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at August 27, 2008 2:58 PM
It's a rattle for a bear cub.
Posted by: James Patience at August 27, 2008 3:04 PM
Yeah Dean, show us your details...pretty please?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at August 27, 2008 3:11 PM
For darning socks? I don't know why it would be two-sided though.
Posted by: WTerraceGirl at August 27, 2008 3:11 PM
It's Biff Champion's Prostate Stimulator! He and Dave take turn on it....
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: what at August 27, 2008 3:14 PM
It looks like a Victorian lesbian sex toy.
Posted by: bricktop at August 27, 2008 3:14 PM
what is it with the tWhat's anal fixation? Every other post of his refers to someone's posterior.
Posted by: dittoburg at August 27, 2008 3:18 PM
"what is it with the tWhat's anal fixation? Every other post of his refers to someone's posterior."
And you have a fixation with me.......
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: what at August 27, 2008 3:21 PM
Baby Huey's toy rattle?
Posted by: bren at August 27, 2008 3:25 PM
I see, so in fact I also have an asshole fixation.
Posted by: dittoburg at August 27, 2008 3:30 PM
Baby rattle could certainly be made of wood or metal, but check this out - http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-childs-toy-primitive-1-LB-barbell-wooden-YMCA_W0QQitemZ280245375523QQcmdZViewItem
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 27, 2008 3:31 PM
" see, so in fact I also have an asshole fixation."
No you are one..
The What
Someday this motherfucker will leave me alone
Posted by: what at August 27, 2008 3:33 PM
Twat--don't even try coming back from that one. Ditto totally pwned you.
Leave you alone? Please. You do seem to have an anal obsession, and you are very angry. Hmmm....what are you not telling us?
Posted by: wasder at August 27, 2008 3:38 PM
So I call you an ahole in my 3.30pm post (which I'm guessing you probably are too dense to realize was an insult) and then you say - "no you are one." Was that meant to be a comeback?
Is your dad bigger than my dad too?
Posted by: dittoburg at August 27, 2008 3:39 PM
Y A W N.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 27, 2008 3:50 PM
Shame on those for turning this thread into a pissing match. Poor guy (Dean) just wants to know what treasure he's found.
Leave your hatred towards each other for the HOTD threads.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at August 27, 2008 3:52 PM
Ok FINE!
They are old dumbells as has been suggested. The reason they were light is because dumbells back in the day were used for light callisthenics-type excercises. Its all spelled out on www.oldtimestrongman.com in the archive.
Posted by: dittoburg at August 27, 2008 4:13 PM
yes taking plenty of photos but will put together more details in a post once there is something substantial to post.
I'm just surprised how much crap is in these walls.
thanks for the identification about the barbbell.
Cheers,
Dean
Posted by: deanc at August 27, 2008 4:43 PM
A relative of mine in Europe found a mummified cat in their wattle and daub walls.
Posted by: dittoburg at August 27, 2008 4:45 PM
I hate to rain on your Victorian Jack LaLanne parade, but I think it is a Victorian darning egg. It's the right size for socks, baby clothes, as well as larger pieces of fabric. They are usually single eggs on a handle, I have one with a carved silver handle. The only other alternative is some kind of toy.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at August 27, 2008 5:44 PM
wouldn't be a darning egg but it does look like a kids toy dumbbell. Maybe from a play circus.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 27, 2008 6:40 PM
It's a monkey's maracas.
Posted by: James Patience at August 28, 2008 2:28 PM
i think its a foot massager.
put in on the floor and roll your foot over the middle.
...does it feel good?
then its a foot massager!
Posted by: diogenes at August 31, 2008 3:56 AM
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