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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: benjy on April 06, 2012, 08:30:18 AM

Title: found today
Post by: benjy on April 06, 2012, 08:30:18 AM
heres something for you guys to ponder over,
i had no idea what they were when i bought them,,just looked interesting,
now i know and was quite amused when i found out..also happy with the values.

the bottom 2 are not connected with the top photos,,but are in a similar vein
Title: Re: found today
Post by: Papaw on April 06, 2012, 09:46:37 AM
Bullet molds? Cool find, whatever they are.
Title: Re: found today
Post by: benjy on April 06, 2012, 10:13:52 AM
i kinda hoped they were bullet moulds when i bought them,,butttt  nope,thats not it
Title: Re: found today
Post by: stanley62 on April 06, 2012, 12:24:27 PM
They look like molds for fishing weights to me.

  Jim
Title: Re: found today
Post by: scottg on April 06, 2012, 01:08:59 PM
Yeah sinkers, would be my guess. Too tapered and weirdly tapered besides, for bullets.
 yours Scott
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Post by: Lewill2 on April 06, 2012, 01:42:42 PM
suppository molds?
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Post by: hmboo on April 06, 2012, 04:34:43 PM
Somthing medical?
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Post by: john k on April 06, 2012, 07:42:36 PM
Neat little box, smaller than it seems at first,,,, Closing Machines and How to Use Them, hmm.   Looks like shot mixers, as in whiskey shots, but am thinking back to pill and tablet and suppositories as was already said.   Not all that long ago 1930s, some doctors formulated, mixed and molded their own pills.  Since they aren't bullet molds, the old waxy suppositories sure come to mind. 
Title: Re: found today
Post by: rusty on April 06, 2012, 08:09:56 PM

It is a Cachet maker.

A cachet is the predecessor to a (pressed) pill, it's a pod made of  rice paper or such glued together with the medicine inside it.

There are more here: http://www.thegarret.org.uk/collectionmeasuring.htm

Very unusual and interesting thing to find :)))
Title: Re: found today
Post by: benjy on April 07, 2012, 10:33:58 AM
lewill john k and rusty got it between them,,the top ones are Antique Pharmacy Mould for Making Suppositories or Pessaries.and rusty tells what the other is..look out for these things guys,,they are somwhat valuable.

check the ebay item  130654816747
Title: Re: found today
Post by: 1930 on April 07, 2012, 06:36:53 PM
Whomever bough that item got flushed out in more ways than one