strange metal things ?

Dug · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 4837 Location: Gippsland

I have found a couple of old cast metal things and I am trying to find out what they may be or what they were used for.

The most common guess seems to be a cooking stand or trivet but as they do not sit flat on any surface I doubt they would be used as a stand.

There are no holes or anything in the ends and they are a heavy cast construction about 6" and 8" at the longest.

Has anyone seen anything similar ?

sunfire · Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 1430 Location: Toodyay

Table tennis bats. Very Happy

for robots.

The Pook · Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 2904 Location: Tasmania

These are better than the facebook versions - a little bigger.

marri · Joined: 28 Aug 2009 Posts: 267 Location: Western Australia

I can't quite make out the number sequence cast into them. Try googling that number (if you already haven't). I used to sell a lot of collectables online and that worked for me more than once.

Steve Gray · Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 1569 Location: Geelong

Shortbread press? bed warmer...

Tango · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1360 Location: Melbourne

They are Bakers branding irons for flat breads and pastries they should have wooden handles, are the iron handles hollow so you could fit a wooden handle into them ?

Dug · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 4837 Location: Gippsland

sunfire · Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 1430 Location: Toodyay

You could try a collectors forum Doug.

Dug · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 4837 Location: Gippsland

gggraph · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:24 am Post subject: Re - strange metal things ?

Dug - they remind me of the wrought iron railings at old cemeteries. I think it's unlikely they're a post final, as they would be too easy to remove... but they have that sort of feel.

Cheers

Grant

Steve Gray · Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 1569 Location: Geelong

The ends aren't hollow so that rules out them being used for anything where they might get hot (too hot to handle) but the handles have a wider bit at the end so they would not slip out of your hand easily.

The design on them is an acorn, so therefore it could have some symbolic value... perhaps like a symbol for growth.

it could still be used for baking but not at a hot stage. If they were pressed into clay would that give us a starting point?

Tango · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1360 Location: Melbourne

Yes I think your are right Steve , they are probably ''bread stamps''which are now made in plastic..
http://www.thefind.com/kitchen/info-bread-stamp
QUOTE:-
In Turkmenistan, where nan is more commonly called chorek, the breads are more than 30 centimeters (12") across, made from soured dough, and often topped with a sprinkling of chopped lamb-fat to help keep them fresh. These big tandoor-baked breads occasionally have milk in the dough, giving the bread a tender crumb, and are stamped at the center with the end of a dowel or with a bread stamp, similar to the Uzbek one, known as a durtlik in Turkoman. http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199505/on.the.flatbread.trail.htm

gggraph · Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:52 am Post subject: Re - strange metal things ?

It's a headpiece for the staff of Ra. (Which is 5 Quadams high).

Grant

brike001 · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 122 Location: other

Communion or an Easter type bread stamps or for something religious? I have a vague memory of that cross pattern.

Devilbiss · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 3214

I beleive they have something to do with acorns...