Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Mystery #49


Do you know what these are? Post your guesses in the comments.

10 comments:

Rick Lee said...

As you can probably tell, these are not common ordinary items. You probably don't have some of these in your house, but it'll be interesting to see if anybody knows what they are.

Maisyday said...

Do they have something to do with trains?

Ryan said...

I'm thinking plumbing fixtures, myself.

kenju said...

They look like something off a very old fire hydrant.

kenju said...

Or - they could be old smudge pots.

Gun Trash said...
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Gun Trash said...

I don't how that prior comment got pasted in there, dagnabit.

But, regarding the mystery photo, they look heavy duty and old. I'll combine two of the answers already posted and say railroad smudge pots?

Rick Lee said...

Here's a clue... they are less than 2 inches in diameter.

kenju said...

They are lug nuts?

Rick Lee said...

They are "horn weights", used to make the horns of bulls grow downwards... like this.