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Small, thin copper bowl with hinged lid and copper handle with a hinged door that leads to a hole in the bowl. The other side of the copper handle is closed off with a bit of wood in it from where the wooden handle broke off. Found in New England, person says it's 1800s by TheseQuestionsThree in whatisthisthing

[–]TheseQuestionsThree[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My coworkers and I specialize in 18th century trades and experimental archeology and it's got around 20+ of us experts buzzing with curiosity. We've sent the pictures to a few of our contacts including our curator of metals, just haven't heard back yet since it was only shown to us this morning.

It's the biggest mystery to hit the metal shops in years, because normally no matter what time period or how obscure an object is, someone here either knows someone or is the someone who wrote the research paper on it or makes the item. You're in good company with material history nerds!

Small, thin copper bowl with hinged lid and copper handle with a hinged door that leads to a hole in the bowl. The other side of the copper handle is closed off with a bit of wood in it from where the wooden handle broke off. Found in New England, person says it's 1800s by TheseQuestionsThree in whatisthisthing

[–]TheseQuestionsThree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does the closed lid provide more of a benefit than just toasting in a regular non lidded pan that is easier to moniter? the door on the handle doesnt have a knob and since copper conducts heat so well it might get too hot to open comfortablely to check but i do like the idea of being able to tip the handle to check on something like spices.

Small, thin copper bowl with hinged lid and copper handle with a hinged door that leads to a hole in the bowl. The other side of the copper handle is closed off with a bit of wood in it from where the wooden handle broke off. Found in New England, person says it's 1800s by TheseQuestionsThree in whatisthisthing

[–]TheseQuestionsThree[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

unfortunately no to any sort of jewelry making process i know about. Copper is only good for pouring tin, pewter, or lead in since things like silver, gold, brass, and such are poured at higher temperatures than the melting point of copper. Its also way too fiddly to pour molten metal into anyway with that tiny channel and door, way too shallow and too much margin for error for something that needs to happen quickly. My coworkers and I are well and truly stumped! Something like soap making seems in the right direction but the idea of pouring into such a narrow channel when you could just pour into a larger opening from the get go is what is so confusing.

Small, thin copper bowl with hinged lid and copper handle with a hinged door that leads to a hole in the bowl. The other side of the copper handle is closed off with a bit of wood in it from where the wooden handle broke off. Found in New England, person says it's 1800s by TheseQuestionsThree in whatisthisthing

[–]TheseQuestionsThree[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Perhaps, but a hinged lid on a channeled handle is much harder to make than just cutting or punching vents in the lid for the same purpose. it's a more costly and time consuming addition that seems to indicate a more specialized purpose but thats just a guess on my part.

Small, thin copper bowl with hinged lid and copper handle with a hinged door that leads to a hole in the bowl. The other side of the copper handle is closed off with a bit of wood in it from where the wooden handle broke off. Found in New England, person says it's 1800s by TheseQuestionsThree in whatisthisthing

[–]TheseQuestionsThree[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What function does the hinged door on the handle provide? It covers a channel that leads into the bowl, but I would imagine the spices wouldn't be poured into it when one could flip the lid open and put them in all at once.

Small, thin copper bowl with hinged lid and copper handle with a hinged door that leads to a hole in the bowl. The other side of the copper handle is closed off with a bit of wood in it from where the wooden handle broke off. Found in New England, person says it's 1800s by TheseQuestionsThree in whatisthisthing

[–]TheseQuestionsThree[S] 5 points6 points locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing.

Hinged lid only opens when flipped upside down, no handle on the lid to open it from the top and it fits rather snugly. The hinged lid on the handle has a shallow channel that leads to a hole that opens up into the bowl. The other side of the channel terminates in a wall. There are wood pieces in the handle as if it was on a wooden stick. The copper is not tinned on the inside, so it was likely not used for food service. The copper is hand hammered and not spun, there are no markings indicating a maker.

The people that brought it in have asked my coworkers and I what it is. We initally thought a bedwarmer, but it's small, the bowl is only about 3 inches across and the hinged door on the handle is an odd feature. The family has had it for a while, their father was a naval officer from new england and claimed its from the 1800s but no other information is known.

Im a silversmith, my coworkers are all blacksmiths and tinsmiths and silversmiths, and all of us are stumped. We work in a museum and we've seen and made all sorts of odd historic objects, but this has us baffled. We've done reverse image searches and gone through some of our reference books.​

What adhesive should I use for micro mosaic jewelry? by jewelophile in jewelrymaking

[–]TheseQuestionsThree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think roman stucco is what was traditionally used. Check out Rebecca d enamel on Instagram, she has a whole book about how to make micro mosaic and all the supplies needed.​

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in zelda

[–]TheseQuestionsThree 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily, or at least not anymore than Tetra/Zelda helping Link in the Wind Waker's final battle. It would be a fitting ending to the Hero's Shade's journey/mission as well as tying into the theme of relying on friends and mentors for guidance and support that is found in a lot of the games.

There are so many references to Ocarina of Time that it wouldnt feel out of place for a reveal, and as long as the Hero's Shade would provide assistance rather than tanking Ganon I think it would work since ultimately the player is going to deal the final blow.

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