UNUSUAL Wood CURAÇAO Ship - ???

[mjm579]

I purchased this with several pipes today. Unusual find. Any ideas?

 

[Piledriver]

"Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast, that forms part of the Dutch Caribbean. (Wikipedia)

Since the boat is South America, I can tell you that there are umpteen kinds of brownish dark-colored woods from that area, from Rosewood to Mahoganies, and many names that are unrecognizable.

I got what knowledge I have from salvaging veneer pallets from that region.

Some of it is light, some very heavy...some that would kill you in a few minutes if exposed to the smoke.

 

[irish_creep]

Vintage liqueur (curaçao) bottle? Pretty cool.

 

[mjm579]

"Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast, that forms part of the Dutch Caribbean. (Wikipedia)

Since the boat is South America, I can tell you that there are umpteen kinds of brownish dark-colored woods from that area, from Rosewood to Mahoganies, and many names that are unrecognizable.

I got what knowledge I have from salvaging veneer pallets from that region.

Some of it is light, some very heavy...some that would kill you in a few minutes if exposed to the smoke.

Gives a whole new meaning to "walk the plank"!

 

[diggummup]

I'm guessing it's maybe 10-12" long? Sure looks like a candle holder to me. The center portion being a container to hold them.

 

[2Minnesota]

Looks like it could be an old ink well??

 

[Beachkid23]

Is that Center Part Sterling?

 

[mjm579]

It's maybe 3 to 3-1/2" in size. Center might me Sterling. Can't make out the mark.

 

[CladSpends2]

I think it is an incense holder. That center "holder" is the smoke stack. Put incense inside it and the smoke will go up the stack. My Grandmother had one of a log cabin that as a kid I thought was the bomb and always asked her to make the chimney smoke. When she passed a few years ago I made sure it was given to me and it sits on a bookcase in my den. It's the little things that matter.

T.

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