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| NormanV:
are the first items related to playing cards? Clubs and hearts? |
| vtsteam:
And for the plastic item, this is what I think it is ..... https://www.gardentoolcompany.com/products/leaf-trash-picker-by-sneeboer Possibly an inexpensive pieced version included in a plastic garden tool kit to allow minimal package size. |
| vtsteam:
I've found a reference to George Taylor (aka osoezi) London, 1940s, art deco, cufflinks here: http://crystal-heirlooms.co.uk/Collection-Cufflinks-Colour.html Possibly cufflinks or tie clips, or something similar. At any rate, they could probably advise. |
| RussellT:
Well done Steve, the plough plane picture is completely convincing. That also explains the "III" marking as they appeared to have sets of blades. I think sea.dog had got this one as well but I couldn't find a picture like that. Well done to sea.dog too. Slightly puzzling as I don't think any of the family were woodworkers but that mystery is solved. It seems as though the small items are clips of some kind, I suppose there could be some use for holding a few playing cards as Norman is suggesting. The "patent" label ought to suggest some innovative feature but I can't see what it is. I'll try emailing the people advertising the patent cuff links. I'm still not convinced about the plastic thing. It's so flimsy I nearly broke it clipping it together. I think it would break if I tried to stab a sweet packet. I still think something for threading something through a tube is possible - it's thin all the way along apart from the handle. Russell |
| vtsteam:
Definitely SeaDog got it. I just found a pic. re. the plastic oddity, I think it's crap no matter what the use, because it has a handle and it will always fall apart when pulled. But I don't think that argues against it being a trash picker in some cheap gardening kit. Often, unusable plastic junk is included in a bargain "complete kit" of anything -- particularly mail order items or a "free gardening kit gift with every order". There are lots of plastic trowels out there, quite useless unless you're only digging in a bag of potting soil. Hmmmmm.......wait a minute..........it's a prod to keep people with viral contagion a respectable distance away! |
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