Backlog of finds: 1800's silver, 2 center, skeleton key, more

[Mr. Digger]

Happy Birthday America! Watching the festivities and catching up on posting past finds going back to late last year. Any ID ideas on that last item would be welcomed. Happy 4th!

 

[Red-Coat]

Neat. That last item is an antique water pot, used in Japanese and other Oriental calligraphy. Like this one from a Yahoo auction:

 

[Mr. Digger]

Red Coat you never fail to impress on the ID's. You nailed it. Thank you!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Neat. That last item is an antique water pot, used in Japanese and other Oriental calligraphy. Like this one from a Yahoo auction:

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Red-Coat strikes again!

 

[Mr. Digger]

He sure does, and now I know. It's an antique Japanese water dropper used in calligraphy called a suiteki. Used to add very small drops of water to the ink when mixing apparently.

 

[Red-Coat]

Red Coat you never fail to impress on the ID's. You nailed it. Thank you!

He sure does, and now I know. It's an antique Japanese water dropper used in calligraphy called a suiteki. Used to add very small drops of water to the ink when mixing apparently.

You're welcome.

Yes, in use, the central air hole is covered with a finger to allow controlled dropping of water out of the smaller hole in the spout onto the ink block.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent finds - well done !

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice batch of relics and coins.

 

[Mr. Digger]

Decided to polish this item up for my display case and I was surprised how shiny it turned out. The metal is super thin and it's very lite so originally I thought it was tin, but now I'm thinking it could be silver. It's crudely made and there are no hallmarks. Would tin polish up like that? Anyway, sharing pics of the "Suiteki" post clean -up.

 

[russau]

You're welcome.

Yes, in use, the central air hole is covered with a finger to allow controlled dropping of water out of the smaller hole in the spout onto the ink block.

YEPER he knows his stuff !