no drip-catcher - you'd burn your fingers. This device here: <http://www.web-options.com/Stand1.jpg> <http://www.web-options.com/Stand2.jpg>
is one of my bike stands. It has a very similar structure to Bill's mystery object, except that the hooks are inverted. This is why I think the conical part should be attached to a wall or ceiling. B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Underpaid N. Overpentaxed > Sent: 31 May 2012 10:41 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: What's this? > > It looks to me like a two-piece candle holder - one part for stationary > illumination, one part to carry, extinguish and store a candle. > Probably used to read and then take the last walk to the loo for the > night. Also handy for somnambulists to prepare for the odd accidental > wake-up. > Cheers > Ecke > > 2012/5/31 Cotty <[email protected]>: > > On 31/5/12, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >>A good friend passed away recently, and we don't know what this is > for sure. > >>I think it's a lamp of some sort. > >>Anyone know what it is, really? > >>http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/WRK59183.jpg > >>http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/WRK59185.jpg > > > > A Victorian device for viewing Uranus. > > > > Seriously? > > > > I'd love to know! > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > -- > Sent from my iP address > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
