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<p>[QUOTE="gimbler-dave, post: 143300, member: 313"]A colleague purchased this at a flea market in England, and so far no one has been able to identify it here. It is a small plastic device with a brass looking tube that fits in the top. There is a small plastic tip that screws on to the tip of the tube. The brass tube is free to turn to any position. The plastic base about 3 inches high, with a protruding plastic sphere that rises about 3/8 inch. The base end of the plastic is covered with an ornate brass screen. None of the metal parts are magnetic. Total weight is 2.2 ounces.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I can see looking through the plastic, the opening that accepts the brass tube is a channel on the inside that goes down almost to the base, then curves back and heads for the protruding sphere, but ends just short of the sphere. So air going into the tube would exit near the sphere, then be free to exit from the underside of the device.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see no manufacturer markings of any sort. What is it??? Thanks! ... Dave</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38122[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]38123[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]38124[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gimbler-dave, post: 143300, member: 313"]A colleague purchased this at a flea market in England, and so far no one has been able to identify it here. It is a small plastic device with a brass looking tube that fits in the top. There is a small plastic tip that screws on to the tip of the tube. The brass tube is free to turn to any position. The plastic base about 3 inches high, with a protruding plastic sphere that rises about 3/8 inch. The base end of the plastic is covered with an ornate brass screen. None of the metal parts are magnetic. Total weight is 2.2 ounces. From what I can see looking through the plastic, the opening that accepts the brass tube is a channel on the inside that goes down almost to the base, then curves back and heads for the protruding sphere, but ends just short of the sphere. So air going into the tube would exit near the sphere, then be free to exit from the underside of the device. I see no manufacturer markings of any sort. What is it??? Thanks! ... Dave [ATTACH=full]38122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]38123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]38124[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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