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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 63336, member: 59"]A friend and I went on a "field trip" to a second-hand store today where I found this puzzling item. It's a 2 1/2 inch tall, 2 inch wide egg-shaped item that I expected to be a shaker. But when I turned it over to look at the bottom I found that there is no opening to add more of whatever substance would be shaken out of the 19 holes on its one side.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a flat end on which it sits, but does not appear to be a hatpin holder. The holes are all a bit wider than a sewing straight pin but they all face straight out from the plane of the side - in other words a pin inserted into the lowest hole sticks straight out horizontal to the surface on which the egg is sitting, while a pin inserted into one of the upper holes has its pointed end dangling down into the body of the egg. In order for it to work as a pin holder it would have to lie on its side (which frankly isn't a stable orientation with its rounded shape.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice hand-painted decoration under-glaze and no marks of any kind. I bought it because it is such a puzzle (to me anyway.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16310[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16311[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16312[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16313[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 63336, member: 59"]A friend and I went on a "field trip" to a second-hand store today where I found this puzzling item. It's a 2 1/2 inch tall, 2 inch wide egg-shaped item that I expected to be a shaker. But when I turned it over to look at the bottom I found that there is no opening to add more of whatever substance would be shaken out of the 19 holes on its one side. It has a flat end on which it sits, but does not appear to be a hatpin holder. The holes are all a bit wider than a sewing straight pin but they all face straight out from the plane of the side - in other words a pin inserted into the lowest hole sticks straight out horizontal to the surface on which the egg is sitting, while a pin inserted into one of the upper holes has its pointed end dangling down into the body of the egg. In order for it to work as a pin holder it would have to lie on its side (which frankly isn't a stable orientation with its rounded shape.) Nice hand-painted decoration under-glaze and no marks of any kind. I bought it because it is such a puzzle (to me anyway.) Thoughts? [ATTACH=full]16310[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16311[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16312[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16313[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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