What was this used for?

[Bruce Hooke]

OK, here's something I've been puzzling over. The two items shown in this picture belonged to my grandfather. The lid on the left fits onto the bowl on the right. The calendar is a clever little device whose use is quite clear :D ! The lidded container with holes in it is more mysterious -- to me at least. Based on the way the metal has been treated the two seem pretty clearly to go together. The calendar is labeled "The Gustav Stickley Craftsman Workshops" and "Als ik kan" (all of this is stamped into the metal behind the calendar). The lidded container just has a tiny and rather cryptic symbol stamped on the bottom. It has three small legs that hold the bowl a little bit above the surface on which it is resting. There is some residue on the underside of the lid that appears to be from something having been burnt in the bowl.

So, does anyone know what the lidded container would have been used for? Thanks!

http://bghooke.com/brucehooke/Images/Stickley-Objects.jpg

[Wayne Jeffers]

Looks like an incense burner. (For the little cone-shaped incense.)

Wayne

[imported_Dutch]

Incense burner.

[Meerkat]

Looks like an incense burner to me too.

[Dave R]

Those guys are all wrong. It's an incense burner. :D

[Gresham CA]

Incense burner. I had one that looked just like that back in the early 70's.

[Fitz]

Spacecraft - for small aliens. smile.gif tongue.gif

[Bruce Hooke]

Thanks!

There seems to be considerable consensus on this! The only type of incense I've ever come across was the long sticks. I didn't know that it also came in little cones.

Well, I think I will let it sit on my desk unlit and keep the room unscented -- I'm not a big lover of incense but it's a nice looking little device...

[George G]

Roach hiding-place. If anyone asks, say its an incense burner :D

[Wayne Jeffers]

Bruce,

In the old days, people used to burn incense as an "air freshener." Every dime store carried the cones, it seems.

Then, of course, in the '60's it came to be used to mask other odors, or to set a "mood," etc. ;)

Look for some Gonesh cones. Sandalwood is a good fragrance.

:D

Wayne

[Meerkat]

Ganesh (elephant god) Incense ;)

[Hal Forsen]

What does the mark look like?
You will probably want to keep your treasures for sentimental reasons but that Stickley Craftsman stuff sells for fairly big bucks to collectors.
HF

[paladin]

You might wanna get another opinion...BUT.....it looks like an incense burner...my aunt kept one that looks cuzzakly like that one.....and you can still buy the cone incense in a half dozen flavors..........

[paladin]

Yup..had to go check.....got my aunt's burner in the bottom of a glass case....I used to take it out and use it for a guest ash tray until I banned cigs in my presence altogether......

[Memphis Mike]

Yep, incense burner for sure. I had one just like it.

[Jack Heinlen]

The calendar is a clever little device whose use is quite clear The calendar is, likely, a promotional device, given away at outlets such as department stores, I'd guess circa 1910. The man, Gustav Stickley, is credited as one of the leaders of the Art's and Craft's movement in the US. It's a much more interesting artifact than the incense burner.

We've come a long way. Pop ups and billboards. :rolleyes:

You probably know this Bruce, but...

http://anc.gray-cells.com/p_gs.html

[ 07-09-2004, 12:28 AM: Message edited by: Jack Heinlen ]

[Wild Dingo]

Dont believe a flamin word of it Bruce!! Bloody bunch of ol dopeheads!! hippy yippee yayas! incense burner indeed! yeeegods! strewth everybody knows its a... but before I tells yer...

These were well know items downunder I mean like every man and even some wimmens had one!... They are used to protect his wimmin folk from rampagin horney vikings and such... They were transplanted to the USA by the truckload by one of our legendary gold rush fellas Jacky Dinamyte Gelegnite Gerrofamydaughter... true rigdey didge fella was ol Jacky... why I could tell yer a few yarns about him I can tell yer a true blue boy of Aussie was Jacky pity the way he went but what the heck eh?... anyways back in the ol days twer used for to help young maidens like the loverely Vermylliun to gets over the ravages of such dastardly buggars as that lecherous Charles... mmmm wonder what ever happened to them two?? Shang have you had word on those two infernal southerners lately?

Anyways to make a short story even longer I have to say that some of the more latest generation dont use em anymore cause they reckon they can do without the things! Sorta puts a real blight on a fellas life I reckon nothin like one of them things to make a fella feel right loved there aint...

So anyways were was I? Oh right the calander I have no bloody idea what a fella would use one of them for? got me buggared that thing has...

but the other dohickymabob thats easy as... Now us Aussie fellas like to keep our key in there no no not just any key mind... THE key!!

See now to make this short story longer I will extrapalate a tad here... now a young fella will hold tight the key a married fella now hes got a probem if she ever learns of its existance... she will demand that no secrets be kept betwinxt them... NONE!!! not even the existance of THE key... so she will learn of it and then hold out all passion until she holds it in her hands and control is hers!!!

And so on special once a year when in the good books and not in the dog house nights her highness would say in her sweetest voice "WHASSWRONGWIFYER?? GERRUPANGETHAFLAMIN KEY!" and of course us fellas would run like billio out to the chooken run lift the old peice of rusted iron madly scratch around and finally rouse out the little tin box it was hidden in run the buggary back to the house out the back to the bedroom huffin and puffin like demented labradors tongue hangin sweat beadin and hand the box over to her highness... she'd be sittin up in the bed back agianst the headboard pillows fluffed around her her stunning long locks all splayed out around her like a halo... she would slowly open the tin then open the safe box inside the tin open the woodenbox inside the safe box inside the tin open the little tinfoil wrapping that surrounded that thing you got there then she'd check the little calander... and either glare at yer mightily for getting it wrong or she'd hand yer the wee thing and sigh layin back against the pillows while... you with yer tongue hangin out would look wild eyed from her to the little thingymajig back to her back to it back to her back to it... till she would get all flustered and say in her sweetest come hither voice "WELLGERRONWIFITHENYERMUG" and bat her eyelids at yer

At wich time a fella would rip the top off the thing grab the key and run like buggary to the beer fridge and open it up and with somber awe stare at the lighted bottles all lined up and cooool moisture drippin of them as you slowly grasp one in yer hands and lovingly wipe the moisture beads off and put the lid between yer teeth and crack it open! GUZZZLE like crazy open anothery tip a toast to the wonderous beautiful bride in the bedroom... and promptly work yer way through every last boddle wif in site!

Yes mates its the sacred beer fridge key holder! THE KEY!!!! :cool:

Now as to the reason THE key was hidden in there was so SHE had control of HOW much and WHEN a fella could have a bender... thats it... and it was also a useful device for her when she got sick of yer wantin "THAT"... ah mates tis true tis but another of those flamin sheila control things... THINK ON IT!!! I mean were did we get the ruddy things from in the first place eh? OUR MUMS!!! flamin conspirussy it is! flamin conspirrusy no two ways about it... yep theres good ol Mum givin yer the key in the little thingymabob thing for yer 14th birthdy and then once yer honeymoon is over there she is whisperin in yer new missus's earhole... and yer buggared! for life!!!! :eek:

Now how did this work to save the wimmin folk from the ravagin horney vikings? Well... ahem... thats another story I will tell yer later mate since I reckon Ive about dragged this one out as far as I can go... for one post tongue.gif

These dopey funnyweed smokin hippys wouldnt know if it fell on their bums! everyone knows that the most bestest incense burner is the hooka itself!... I mean yer can burn a bunch of incenses in one of them and it cleans out the wee fragrant aroma of the yippyyayaweed youve just bonged outta the thing... I mean EVERYONE knows that!!!... sheesh :rolleyes: :D

So Bruce mate believe yer mate from downunder he wouldnt lead yer astray... no way mate!!! :D

[ 07-09-2004, 03:37 AM: Message edited by: Wild Dingo ]

[paladin]

Mad Dog...er uh...wild dingo...yu'veLOSYERFLAMINMINDANDTRUCALLING. tongue.gif tongue.gif

[Wild Dingo]

Yer right ol fella... I lost me mind a fair while back went lookin for it but the damned thing just took of somewheres as for my true callin? well Im havin trouble findin me tru callin gets muddled up in all me other callins then the flamin dial tone goes off and Ive hung up on meself :rolleyes: but I'll figure it one day and the ol mind will wander back when it gets bored ;) no worries! :D