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Brother-in-law picked this up in a junk shop ages ago as a 'guess what this is' challenge. No one can work out what it is. Trouble is he doesn't either!
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whatever it is, its small
Prototype vape
It's a thrunge.
Gnar herding lamp
Pretty obvious that it’s a phalange.
Shatner’s Bassoon , Duh
The conning tower off a teeny tiny submarine?
Steampunk asthma inhaler
It’s a flask full of Covid 20
Just as we were beginning to think “look on the bright side at least Covid 19 isn’t a global pandemic that makes you shit yourself to death.....”
Interesting theories 🙂
It's a ventilator the lucky git.
A dead one of these?
Feel we need more, better pics.. please
I know exactly what that is, my family made then in a factory in Glasgow. It's a scaffy plamph.
Take more pics but not on a potato.
Rather fabulous jumper your BiL's wearing.
It's an alladin lamp. Turns the holder into a princess for a day. Or gay, can't quite make it out.
It's definitely a Part.
Most likely from a Thing.
Going to need a lot more info to determine what it is, but I'm guessing that's an eyepiece sticking out of the top? Some kind of viewing/observing instrument?
What does the A/Z knurled dial do? What's the other bit top-left? What's inside? What's on the bottom/top? Are there any markings?
In addition to the jumper, why had he got some frilly knickers tucked under his arm? Is that a clue?
I suspect that this was produced in Germany and that Z (= Zu) stands for Close(d) and A (= Auf) for Open(ed).
My best guess is that it's a smoke generator. I can see a filler for the liquid and an outlet; is there another inlet for an electric element or something? Does it smell smokey or chemically?
Or it's the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch....
It’s a kazoo amplifier
I reckon its an inhaler if that "eyepiece" has no glass.
Set to close.
Open big lid apply boiling water and some kind of Eucalyptus/medical wax stuff put lid on allow hot water to crack the wax and make a delicious steam open valve and inhale.
Not seen a steel one but have seen a stoneware one.
Edit: benzoin resin apaz is the stuff that would have gone in.
Boost-width hipflask. Does it have “Not jumpy, not grumpy” engraved on the side?
I reckon Joshvegas is on the right track. Its pretty manky inside although no smell. Don't recall any other openings or markings. I'll message BiL and ask him.
The big hole on the top is for filling, the small built in funnel is for pouring and the bit on the side is a vent, open it to let air in when pouring, stops it doing that glugging thing that jerry cans do.
Possibly fuel can for an old vehicle? They did some fancy stuff on old cars.
it's a bong
If its manky inside lije a hard resinous coating its definitely an inhaler.
Which is essentially a medical bong as per klunk...
Handwarmer
More importantly, why is your brother's right hand upside down and back to front?
I suspect that this was produced in Germany
eine scaffenplamph
Right I can't find an identical example.
But i THINK its a Morton Ether Inhaler for anesthetics.
Or a derivative... Its the same layout down to a big opening and a smaller mouthpiece with a valve on it.
Well a scaffy plamph would certainly knock you out
It's my niece actually doing the holding, she was 7 at the time and hadn't grown all the fingers on her right hand as yet 🙂
Nope.
Does it fly well? 😉
Well i'm a bit disappointed no one is acknowleding my greatness
Oil can? the top is a funnel for filling the actual can and then screws onto the side to make the spout for the can. If not I go with the bong theory.
Well i’m a bit disappointed no one is acknowleding my greatness
you just get 5 points on the STW ‘Identify my mystery object’ leader board. The person with the most points at the end of the year gets to Plamph a Scaffy. The loser has to Plamph two Scaffies.
It's an Archibald Differential Kettle produced in 1950s Staffordshire.
Joshvegas - you are definitely the only person to come close to a solution - cheers!
Joshvegas - you're the only person to have come up with a plausible explanation. Pictures seems to be mainly glass, would need to find a medical instrument museum to see more examples I guess.
it’s a bong
Which is the noise it’d make if you dropped it on your foot...