Monday 9 November 2015

Bit of a mixed bag again ~ see what you can make of 'em.

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  1. (5) Punt gun. One of Ernie James' ?

    (8) Portable treen chess set ?

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    1. Thought you'd be familiar with 5. ~ even if the decoys didn't give it away ~
      You're not wrong about 8. it can be carried, it's wooden and it's a chess set ~
      But you haven't got the right answer ~ look closer at the board and the pawns and maybe you can buff up your answer.

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  2. (7) Possibly a weighing device. As it's marked up to 16 possibly marked in ounces.

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    1. There are just the two dials with a clamp for a post between them and two manually movable pointers (note the 'pips' near the ends of the pointers).

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  3. A tipstave, walnut and brass. English. Temp George IV, circa 1825. Brass head probably unscrews to contain warrants.

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    1. Just as you say Mike but a tad later, it's unclear on this picture but it's marked for King Billy, 1830-1837. Don't know why, but I prefer the variant spelling, tip-staff.

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  4. (4) Leather sprung boxing dummies. 19th century.

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    1. Yes Mike, forerunner of the punch-ball and punch-bag, I believe.

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  5. New picture 3.c may make identifying object 3 a tad easier.

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  6. 3 is a Jockey's weighing scales.

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    1. Well done Rog, weighing-in scales, jockeys for the use of ~

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  7. 1. French stool (Louis XVI) style with accommodation for a small lap-dog.
    2. A maison-specific grape harvesting hod (hotte in German)
    7. Indicators of mail-coach arrivals & departures originally set up on a post in a coaching inn yard.
    8. Staunton tactile chess set for blind players.

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