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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Spottytrog on November 26, 2013, 01:55:37 PM
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Hi All.
Sorry to be asking about such trivial rubbish, but I have always been fond of a bit of toot and have a small affection for donkey barometers. Among my collection is something very similar, as seen in picture. I keep trying to hunt out some kind of history on it because it strikes me as quite old. It has numbers on the rear which are old style font. It got the usual "foreign" tag underneath. I am yet to even lay eyes upon another one. On line searches are coming up blank too.
Any kind of information would be much appreciated. Just age approximation, touch of history...
Thanks
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you did,nt hit the nail on the head hard enough when you said it was tacky....and the reason you can,t find any others like it...is probably because...whoever made this...thought is was crap....and decided never to make another one.... ;D
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Yep, I could almost predict at least one person would say that. I never claimed it was beautiful, but I love it. (somebody has to)
I gather you have not seen one before?
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If i do see one..you,ll be the first to know......
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Ha ha ha, Thanks Cheeky. Can't think why anyone would feel uncomfortable or unwelcome on this forum. ;-)
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Don't take any offense. It's his dry humor. To know him is to love him. I think that"s the saying. Now Wullie play nice or I'll tell Avril on you! ;D
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Oh I think its kind of cute and different !! I hate things that everyone has one of !! You said it had a tag ?? Can we see it please ??
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I'm missing something here. What does this have to do with a donkey?
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I'm missing something here. What does this have to do with a donkey?
if you were from this side of the pond...you,d understand.....but as you are on your side, ...well....you don,t have a clue....i,ll leave it to Reg Presley......to enlighten you... ;D
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Oh no, who's Reg Presley? Or am I going to be sorry I asked! ;D
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See I didn't dare ask who Reg Presley was? ;D ;D
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Oh no, who's Reg Presley? Or am I going to be sorry I asked! ;D
Probably will Greenacres !! I ain`t biting on this one !!
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LOL!!....just me and my riddles, thats all,.....had gopher been here he,d probably get it, but as it is,y,all will have to work it out from my clues...think about the film .."The Mighty Ducks"....then think about the song that drove the owner of the ice hockey team..nuts....once you have the song..you should be able to work it out....thats all excluding Mart...if you can,t get it within the next few posts i,ll put you out of yer misery....
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;D ;D "I so hate Consequences"! Did I get it?
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Ok, so now a big wully has gone right over my head (not the first time!) I didn't take offense so don't worry. I work in a joke shop so I consider myself quite brave. I will upload a picture of the rear of it.
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;D ;D "I so hate Consequences"! Did I get it?
Did you get it....like heck you did....in that film...there was a song...called "Wild Thing"....well, it was performed by the Troggs,....and Reg Presley,was the chief Trogg....
had i went down the other road, ....re, "Trog"= Native American...would you have been any the wiser..... ;D....somehow i doot it....or am i being to harsh on such a delicate species....or so you lot would have us believe.....poor damsels in distress an a, that..... ;D
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The numbers on rear, and underneath
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Foriegn....another name for made in China...before China was China....
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I have never seen that on anything !! The numbers are style, color numbers ect usually !! They really don`t help much !!
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Oh dear.... Large sigh from me then. I will have to resign myself to just loving it regardless. I would have loved to age it roughly. I'd guess it by the style of the house, numbers style etc as 1910-20. The dawn of "le tack!" lol :-D someone will know some day. Thanks for looking anyway all. (even if your retinas WERE damaged by it)
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Foriegn....another name for made in China...before China was China....
Here's something that I found on a UK lawn mower site awhile back:
"The Cutwell side wheel mower was sold in the UK in the 1920s and 30s and was manufactured by the Germany company Brill.
However, it would be difficult to tell where it was made by looking at it because, like many overseas products of the period, it was simply marked "Foreign". There are various reasons for this. Up to this time most mowers sold in the UK were either British or American and customers tended to buy products made in these countries. Import and export restrictions were imposed from time to time and this led to confusion in the marketplace. Marking a product as "Foreign" may have been an attempt to confuse the customers. And of course in the 1920s, with the Great War less than a decade beforehand, many people in the UK were reluctant to buy from their most recent enemy."
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Interesting, Rauville.
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I agree, interesting. Have never seen anything marked like this either!
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As Rauville has said....it was very common in the 50,s/60,s over here....