Mystery Object, the Original

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  1. Marley Farley

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    Nope sorry Digger.. The whole item is only 2" long....:)
     
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    thumb screw :lollol:
     
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    HID says its a snuff box..
     
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    Some sort of weighing tool ?
     
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    Ink well?
    Ash tray?
    Top of a walking stick?
     
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    :flag:Well so far you are all wrong, although some quite ingenious suggestions.... :D Would you like to see a bit more of it..?:D


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    I believe this may be one of those items that I would not even know its purpose after seeing a picture of the whole thing:scratch:
    So. I have some wild guesses.
    A pocket magnifier?
    A cigar cutter?

    Other guesses are just to silly
    :scratch:
     
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    I'm baffled
     
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    OK.. Lets review the clues.
    1...Its made of four discs of wood (as far as we can see)
    2...If you look at the scour marks of the two centre discs it suggests they are joined together (pivoted in one place)
    3... The whole thing is pocket size. about two inches
    4.. Its Victorian (Who like their gadgets)
    5...Are those four discs flat or is there something hiding that we cant see? (I think yes)
    6...Im thinking the real purpose of this object is hidden in the two centre discs.
    7.. Finally....I dont have a clue:scratch:
    robert
     
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    well heir we go for a wild ges is it for holding paper money in
     
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    Sort of markers
    are they held together with string on something on the top that we cant see ? HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
     
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    [​IMG] Whoa.... :thmb: Robert I have to give it to you..!!! It is a Victorian Triple Jewelers Loupe.... Here it is fully open...:D The magnification doesn't look much when it is set down like this, but look at jewelery & it is still superb today..!!:thmb:

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    Must admit I have a very vague distant memory of seeing something like that somewhere many, many years ago.
    That one was hard work and well done MF for posting the challenge.... phew..
    Do you want one from me?
    robert
     
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    :D Well of course we do Robert..!!!:thmb::D You must have loads of things to baffle us with...!:thmb:
     
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    Here we go. A very tight crop on this object as you can see by the pixels
    GOOD LUCK... you may need it
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