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What's that? - Guess on your own.

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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #60 on: 16 / June / 2008, 09:40:03 »
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I think this is part of some varnished wooden figure - like the head of some chess-man, pawn for example?

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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #61 on: 16 / June / 2008, 10:29:33 »
the tip of some sort of a platic stylus?

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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #62 on: 16 / June / 2008, 10:35:07 »
It looks like honey or syrup indeed. But the object is solid (was fluid when fabricated that's why it has that "drop" appearance).

The picture is not rotated, and remember: its a crop of a macro shot, the object is much smaller than a regular chess pawn (not including those travel magnet chess boards).

Here it is a bigger crop. I guess it is a well known object, at least in America and UK.


Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #63 on: 16 / June / 2008, 10:45:42 »
wontolla, is it a thumbtack?

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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #64 on: 16 / June / 2008, 17:44:23 »
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I guess it is a well known object, at least in America and UK.
Haha - so we don't have this one in germany, have we ?

...the materials is coloured glas ?

Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #65 on: 16 / June / 2008, 18:31:53 »
christmas light?

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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #66 on: 16 / June / 2008, 18:49:19 »
Not a thumbtack, but around the same size, not the same use.

Well fe50, you put this "thing" on an object which origins can be traced to 16th century Germany. Although the "thing" has a more recent history and was invented in America (by a Dutch descendant) and yes, it is coloured glass. You may have a hundred of them in your attic and you use them around winter.

I can't extend the picture anymore, otherwise the whole thing will be visible. But I'll post the complete version tomorrow if nobody knows the answer by then.

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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #67 on: 16 / June / 2008, 18:56:18 »
And we have a winer!!!!
acseven
It looks like they have their "Feliz Natal" there in Portugal. :xmas


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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #68 on: 17 / June / 2008, 02:25:33 »
it's not fair, it's june now, christmas is off-topic :-)

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Re: What's that? - Guess on your own.
« Reply #69 on: 17 / June / 2008, 14:03:12 »

 

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