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regularjoe2

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2010, 10:08:27 pm »
Just so you can be as confused/befuddled about this little item as I am .....

maybe part of a candle snuffer ?

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2010, 10:11:41 pm »

regularjoe2

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2010, 10:15:36 pm »
So .... are you tryin' to say it's a perforated eye-cup , sapphire ?
« Last Edit: May 02, 2010, 10:20:35 pm by regularjoe2 »

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2010, 10:20:20 pm »
LOL, That just about what it is like sometimes on this forum.

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2010, 10:22:19 pm »
Awwww, you guys are just snipping away at that one little thread I did have.  :'(




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Re: What is this?
« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2010, 10:26:20 pm »
Speaking of chapped ....



Perhaps it's part of a chafing dish assembly ?
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Re: What is this?
« Reply #21 on: May 02, 2010, 11:02:56 pm »
I've tried looking for chafing dishes, urns, anything made by Shepherd and Boyd, and I'm coming up empty handed. It looks like a handle, but why the heck would you put a cup in the middle of it?!!!
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Re: What is this?
« Reply #22 on: May 02, 2010, 11:05:48 pm »
Some marks to ponder before your eye is pierced, chafed, chapped, or snipped any more...http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Sheffield-S.html