We’ve all had a lot of stress lately. Today’s blog post is merely a guessing game for fun . I’ll give you some clues and in the next blog post I’ll give you the answer with some extra info.
To give you some background, Tom and his brother Stan recently held a yard sale to dispose of items that my father-in-law had acquired at other Southern California yard sales through the years. My father-in-law often purchased things that were unique. What I am posting a picture of is something that was found at his place.
Here are the clues:
- It was patented in 1924, but advances in technology created a better way to accomplish the same end result.
- It is not an item that would normally have been found in the home.
- There is a compartment inside that can be filled with something.
- It is a little over five inches tall and weighs about two pounds.
- It has nothing to do with Thanksgiving.
You may submit your answers below or wait until my next post to find out what this is. Have fun guessing!
So here it is. I can’t show you one of the other sides – at least not yet. That other side states what it is and who manufactured it. In the next blog post, though, I’ll show you more pictures that Tom took of the inside and outside.
Hmm…what can it be?
Is it a ink stamp for embossing?
You know what? That would have been my first guess. But it’s not that. Good try!
I can’t tell from the picture if there are threads on the handle to turn. Or do you just push down. Or perhaps you don’t want to give this info?
There are threads, Georgia. 🙂
Does it have to do with turning on and off sprinklers?
No, Theresa, but another good guess. I will post the answer on Friday, so stay tuned.
It seems to me o hold bullets or something similar o that size.
Yes. Did you look at the next post with the answer? 🙂
I did not read the next post yet – but it has to be a screw to crush something. I just don’t know what. Too small to crush many coffee beans!
I can’t wait to see what your reaction is when you find out, Sue.
So close! I had the compression pressure right. Never thought of pharmaceutical uses!
My father-in-law always enjoyed buying unusual things at garage sales. It’s fun to imagine these items being used in a different era.