CBlev65252
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posted on August 8, 2004 05:38:57 PM
Today was an adventure, to say the least. A friend of the family owns a home (110 years old) that sits down by the Cleveland Yacht Club. The house faces Lake Erie. Prime real estate. The woman who was living there for the past 30 years was put into a nursing home and our friend offered the house to my brother to live in. You've all seen the stories of houses that weren't fit to live in. Those houses where the garbage is overflowing? Well, this is one of them. I've never seen such filth in all my life. My brother called today to see if we could help clean out the basement and it took 5 of us nearly 8 hours to get it 3/4 of the way done. It was disgusting. This woman also allowed cats and raccoons to take up residence in the upper floors. The floors will all have to be sanded down and refinished. It's just a shame. The house sits on valuable property. You all recall the Munster's house with the cobwebs hanging to the floor? Welp, that was the basement. I still feel like spiders are crawling on me. On the bright side, when we have the house gutted and finished it will be gorgeous.
Sadly, box after box of antique books were trash because they had gotten wet. Happily, I found some great items to keep. One is a stained glass window, some antique porcelain faucets, an antique cedar chest (will have to refinish the outside - inside is like new), an antique trunk, a porcelain watering can and coffee pot and others.
This was among the items and I can't identify it. Could it be a door knocker? The acorns open and it appears to be brass. It's 6" high and heavy.
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
[ edited by CBlev65252 on Aug 8, 2004 05:40 PM ]
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on August 8, 2004 05:59:28 PM
Looks like a door knocker to me!
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max40
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posted on August 8, 2004 05:59:38 PM
Whatever it is, it's a nice one. Looks like it was meant to lay flat, since there are no screw holes to use to fasten it upright.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:03:52 PM
I knew a girl once who was flat as a door, if she had any knockers that's probably what they would have looked like!
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parklane64
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:12:33 PM
Nutcracker. Sweet.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:15:58 PM
Dad - You're almost as bad as Tom, not quite but almost! 
Cheryl, I don't think it's a door knocker. Looks like it was made to hold something.
Lucy
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:25:40 PM
Lucy
That's what I thought, too. But, everyone else I've shown it to thinks it's a doorknocker. Who knows with the Victorians. Anything is possible! I've been looking on the Internet and I found a couple that look similar, but with only one acorn. A frog sits on the one acorn. It makes a loud racket when clanged together. I couldn't imagine what could go in it because of the metal.
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
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OhMsLucy
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:36:07 PM
But how would it be mounted on the door?
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:45:51 PM
Lucy
That's the part I can't figure out. I can't see any other use for this thing. It's also quite heavy weighing over 1 pound. Odd thing, isn't it? I know that the Victorians used acorn door knockers. According to Celtic legend, a doorway decorated with oak branches and acorns promised protection to all who dwelled within. Maybe it layed down somewhere?
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
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sanmar
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:46:03 PM
I went with a gal in Santa Barbara that 42DD knockers, but they didn't look like this.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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OhMsLucy
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:46:41 PM
Oh Jeeze - another one! 
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sparkz
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posted on August 8, 2004 06:57:41 PM
Without any way to mount it vertically on a door, it has to be a door knocker for a basement or storm cellar. Then again, it could be a Victorian cockroach crusher.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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max40
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posted on August 8, 2004 08:08:09 PM
Logically speaking it's a container of some kind. A door knocker would have been solid, and have a way of attaching to the door, not hollow like a box.
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Libra63
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posted on August 8, 2004 08:31:01 PM
It's probably used to store NUTS!!!!! you know what kind I mean....
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classicrock000
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posted on August 8, 2004 11:19:34 PM
You've all seen the stories of houses that weren't fit to live in. Those houses where the garbage is overflowing? Well, this is one of them. I've never seen such filth in all my life. My brother called today to see if we could help clean out the basement and it took 5 of us nearly 8 hours to get it 3/4 of the way done. It was disgusting. This woman also allowed cats and raccoons to take up residence in the upper floors.
Well why should this surprise you...this is Cleveland right???
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tomwiii
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posted on August 9, 2004 01:48:17 AM
My God! What big knockers! ~ "Young Frankenstein"
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we! They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” ~ GWBush White House 8/5/4
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twig125silver
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posted on August 9, 2004 02:24:21 AM
At first I thought a door knocker also, until I saw the acorns "opened". It's very cool, and I'm glad to see it wasn't thrown out.
TerryAnn
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 9, 2004 03:30:52 AM
classic
It's not Cleveland. It's Rocky River and a very exclusive part of Rocky River. I don't know where you get the idea that Cleveland is that way. There are some very nice areas of Cleveland.
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
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classicrock000
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posted on August 9, 2004 04:01:09 AM
I get that idea because.....even the Cleveland Yacht Club is ashamed to have their club in Cleveland<snicker>
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 9, 2004 04:24:06 AM
classic
That's the funny thing. The Cleveland Yacht club is not in Cleveland. It's in Rocky River, about a 10 minute drive from Cleveland. It could have been that that was part of Cleveland at one time.
I guess this item will remain the great mystery item. I've searched and searched and can find nothing like it. As we all know, the Victorians had something for everything so it's anyone's guess as to what they used this for. I, for one, wouldn't put any food stuff in it. Only one of the acorns has a small hole at the top so it wasn't used for burning anything (at least not during Victorian times, LOL! I have no idea why the frog is there either. I've never seen a frog on an acorn. Did know they could hang from trees.
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
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paloma91
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posted on August 9, 2004 06:21:43 AM
Cheryl, How big is it? I think it's a door knocker.
How did you get your fotos to show up like that without a background? I'd love to be able to do that.
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getalife
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posted on August 9, 2004 08:21:34 AM
I agree with max40. A door knocker whether attached horizontally or vertically should be attached to the door. This is more like some kind of trinket or nic nac box. A neat item whatever it is!
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Damariscotta
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posted on August 9, 2004 11:56:39 AM
Are those holes in the top of the acorns? If so, it could be an incense burner. I had one similar in a snail form once.
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CBlev65252
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posted on August 9, 2004 12:28:51 PM
It's not an incense burner. There's only one tiny hole in one acorn. The acorns are separate. The acorns are also not deep enough for incense.
paloma
I photograph on white paper and cut the background out by color. It only works on items that aren't white.
it's about 6" high and 4-1/2" wide.
Cheryl
. . .if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist- I really believe he is Antichrist- I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend.. . - War and Peace, Tolstoy
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AintRichYet
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posted on August 9, 2004 12:47:41 PM
Cheryl ... i think you could put it on a door ... in the little hole right above the acorns, you can hammer a tack in there, then open the acorn and there is a little hole showing, right between the two nuts, you could put another nail ...
it's kewl.
[ edited by AintRichYet on Aug 9, 2004 12:53 PM ]
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parklane64
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posted on August 9, 2004 12:56:17 PM
How 'bout them niners?
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Hebrews 13:8
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AintRichYet
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posted on August 9, 2004 01:01:02 PM
ROFL!!!!
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paloma91
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posted on August 9, 2004 01:12:11 PM
I don't think it's a door knocker as I originally thought. Is that blue/green rust on it? Could it be made of copper or a copper compound? Look at the back. There is no way to hang it up. If it came from a cabin, maybe it sat on a table or on the fireplace hearth and that is where you stored matches? or something else. Maybe it was kept on the fireplace's mantel piece and the matches etc were stored in there, above the fireplace ?!?!?! . . . . . . Maybe
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classicrock000
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posted on August 9, 2004 01:15:23 PM
right between the two nuts, you could put another nail --OUCH !!!!
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iareateacher
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posted on August 9, 2004 02:27:08 PM
It's an ashtray for a pipe smoker.
The interior of the right-hand acorn looks discolored from use.
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