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gerspee

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Brass item for ?
« on: January 04, 2013, 10:23:36 am »
Own this and who has some idea what it is or used for ? Looks old to me .

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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2013, 12:09:13 pm »
Screws and nuts say its not that old !! Probably 60`s or 70`s !!
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2013, 12:20:09 pm »
Seen that also but think the are replacement screws . There's some trace of it being attached with rivets once instead off these screws.
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2013, 01:54:26 pm »
Some kind of mould perhaps?
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 02:08:48 pm »
Or simply a decorative dish like we would use for candy, mints or nuts !! May have had glass liners for each pocket !!
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2013, 03:38:15 pm »
Can you please give the dimensions of:  the entire piece, the small mold area.

Reminds me of molds used to make cakes of soap for laundry.  Any markings on the mold itself?

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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2013, 03:56:54 pm »
Its definitely a mould...i,d bet my hat on it ...if i had one.....
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2013, 04:00:19 pm »
Kind of fancy for a utilitarian piece !!
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2013, 04:03:07 pm »
Some of the finer households would use fancier items....

Don't think if is for Fort Knox Gold tho'!  LOL
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2013, 04:07:34 pm »
Don,t think there,s much left..in there....its more of a Status symbol now...
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2013, 04:12:28 pm »
Well the sizes are in inches 10 inch width and height is 5 inches . The size off the basins are 4x2 inches . 
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2013, 04:43:55 pm »
Could be a soap mold !!  Gotta watch that lye soap,, get it too strong and you won`t need to shave your legs !!
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2013, 05:12:15 pm »
That is what I was thinking mart when I put that earlier.  My grandmother had a mold that looked more like it was for mini loaves of cornbread or bread...and this reminded me of it. 

This isn't typical of butter molds.
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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2013, 06:49:07 pm »
I once had a primitive wooden sugar maple mold that produced "loaves" roughly that size.

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Re: Brass item for ?
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2013, 08:01:33 pm »
Some still do mold raw sugar !! Its a possibility !!
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