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What-is-it question VII.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:15 pm
by 2209patrick
This Mandarin duck (c.1870) was made by the Mappin Brothers of Sheffield, England. It's 8.5 inches (21.6 cm) long.
What was it used for?
Pat.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:00 am
by Granmaa
Is it a match holder/striker?
Miles
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:42 am
by MLF
An ice bucket, perhaps?
Mikael
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:25 pm
by 2209patrick
Miles, no it's not a match holder/striker.
Mikael, no it's not an ice bucket.
Here's a clue, it was meant to hold a liquid.
Pat.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:47 pm
by MLF
Hmmm... an askos, meant for chocolate?
Mikael
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:50 pm
by 2209patrick
No, it was not meant to hold chocolate.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:40 pm
by Kit
Okay, was it meant to hold duck sauce? Kit
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:42 pm
by dragonflywink
Looks like a spoon warmer to me, but seems just a bit large?
Cheryl ;o)
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:01 pm
by 2209patrick
Good work Cheryl! It is a spoon warmer.
Spoon warmers developed in British silverplate during the Victorian era.
Although Reed & Barton did make some (c.1910), you don't often see them in America.
Pat.
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