Another thingie, or the same old
Jul. 27th, 2006 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenith10 points for this one. Double if you can find a picture of something similar online.
A bit bigger than my hand. Front has remains of a more ornate (gold?) surface. There are two patent dates, from 1865 & 1871 or 2. Probably American. Possibly a patent or salesman's sample.
On the back is a lever/metal arm and two small plates with metal 'teeth' between them. The point of the bottom 'plate' might be to remove the whatever from the spikes.
When you turn the round handle at the front, the two plates go down, squeeze together, and possibly push something onto the base part, which has slots in it and a chute bit on the side. Then the metal arm swings down, under the plates, possibly removing something.
A bit bigger than my hand. Front has remains of a more ornate (gold?) surface. There are two patent dates, from 1865 & 1871 or 2. Probably American. Possibly a patent or salesman's sample.
On the back is a lever/metal arm and two small plates with metal 'teeth' between them. The point of the bottom 'plate' might be to remove the whatever from the spikes.
When you turn the round handle at the front, the two plates go down, squeeze together, and possibly push something onto the base part, which has slots in it and a chute bit on the side. Then the metal arm swings down, under the plates, possibly removing something.
Re: Whatsit?
Date: 2006-07-29 05:15 pm (UTC)