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What-is-it question LI.
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:06 pm
by 2209patrick
These items were made between 1850 and 1910.
I'd estimate their lengths from 4 to 5 inches (10.16cm to 12.70cm).
They all served the same purpose.
What are they called?
Pat.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:00 pm
by Doos
They look like weird bangle danglers.
But from the looks, probaly something to do with fishing .. how are those corks called again?
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:48 pm
by 2209patrick
Hello Doos.
They are not jewelry and don't have anything to do with fishing.
Pat.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:37 pm
by Granmaa
Fancy whistles perhaps.
Miles
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:50 pm
by dragonflywink
Well, I think Miles has it, but suspect that they are very much smaller than 4-5 inches. Judging from their scale in comparison to the jump rings and hallmarks on Mr. Fish, perhaps they are more in the area of 1½ to 3½ inches?
~Cheryl
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:06 pm
by admin
Can't resist a guess. The fish sure looks like a whistle, but I think the rest are clutch type mechanical pencils. They'd fall right within Cheryl's size estimates when closed.
Tom
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:09 am
by 2209patrick
Hello everyone.
Miles. I had not thought of a whistle.
Good idea, but these are not whistles.
Cheryl. You are probably correct about the lengths.
Just a guess on my part.
Tom. Had a hunch you'd get this one. Good work.
The book calls them "Propelling pencils".
Pat.
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