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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 19, 2011, 06:22:17 am »

I guess that's the closest we're ever going to get to establishing what it is..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 18, 2011, 11:02:03 pm »

i have absolutely NO idea what it is, I've asked all the older people in my life as well and none of them have any idea either. This is a complete mystery to me, I'm even having trouble finding anything similar to it on the net..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 18, 2011, 05:08:45 pm »

there doesn;t seem to be much wear on it at all, if any.. i'm stumped, I have no idea what it could be

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 17, 2011, 09:35:13 pm »

good thinking but there isn't a hole to allow for a wick, I thought it might be an antique lamp base but there are no cords running thru it. I also thought it might be this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOLID-BRONZE-ANDIRONS-BOW-TIE-DECORATION-/270876389052?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f117daebc#ht_571wt_1185

andirons are used to hold logs in a fire place but there is no hole for the bar of metal to sit in in order to hold the logs.. gahhhhhhh! so confusing 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 17, 2011, 08:33:36 pm »

I've looked at it closely, no marks.. Nothing. It's sO frustrating!! I wouldn't even know what to call th shape either, it's not a tower, is it a column idk

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 17, 2011, 05:56:30 pm »

thanks mart, i really appreciate it.. i;ve busted my chops looking for what this thing could be too

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 17, 2011, 05:55:24 pm »

damn, i got excited then.. i thought someone had finally figured it out   

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 17, 2011, 06:24:51 am »

dont worry, we just made a small mark inside the threads. Also found out that the top part of it does unscrew as well, so maybe it is a candlestick holder? 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help identifying 3 asian figurines!

« on: December 16, 2011, 09:44:29 pm »

to me they look to be japanese, they could be resin remakes of old ivory antique figurines?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 16, 2011, 08:11:21 pm »

yeh if u look in the third pic, i think it is.. u will notice that the base is hollow.. almost like you could stash something in there, initially when we opened it we were hoping to come across wads of cash or something lol but it was empty. I thought maybe it could be used as a keepsafe bookend type thing but its too tall to fit on a book shelf..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 16, 2011, 07:55:49 pm »

looking good is questionable lol.. im debating what to do with it at this point, guess I will just have to hold onto it until I find out exactly what it is. I wonder if  the metal has been painted over? We tried making a small scratch underneath it to see the colour of the metal, right now I guess the toss up is between brass and bronze. I'm just itching to know what it is..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 16, 2011, 05:08:18 pm »

here is a pic of the base, it was maroon felt not dark green..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 16, 2011, 04:55:46 pm »

sure, it looks like it has a proper bottom to it with a piece of dark green felt adhered to it. Obviously its meant to stand up that way and the green felt I guess it supposed to protect the surface it's sitting on. I'll take a  pic of the base and get back to u

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 16, 2011, 04:43:52 pm »

thats what I thought as well but no, the top doesn't unscrew and there is no hole to put a candle in

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: WHAT IS THIS???

« on: December 16, 2011, 04:20:04 am »

Sorry about that (newbie) it's only 44cm tall