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Re: What is this?
« Reply #27 on: Tuesday 24 June 14 16:16 BST (UK) »
Thanks for all the ideas. I had a lovely mental picture of someone ironing slugs!

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #28 on: Tuesday 24 June 14 18:35 BST (UK) »
Good evening,

That looks like part of an electric light fitting. There would have been a bulb holder screwed on above the nut with a simple sprung wire butterfly to hold the glass bowl/funnel/tube or whatever in place.

The flex would have gone through the tube and out of the bottom to a socket hence the gap at the bottom of the tube.

Just of to get OH from work but will try to find some piccies later.

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« Reply #29 on: Wednesday 25 June 14 15:56 BST (UK) »
All that conductive material and electricity :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

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« Reply #30 on: Wednesday 25 June 14 16:05 BST (UK) »
I think he is referring to the iron being converted into a lamp Jager.
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Re: What is this?
« Reply #31 on: Wednesday 25 June 14 16:53 BST (UK) »
After I have seen the last fotos:
  Agree lamp holder - electric light, no candle!

Made between 1940 and 1950?,
  but still up to date: pre-STEAMPUNK

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #32 on: Wednesday 25 June 14 19:33 BST (UK) »
Thankyou nfor the welcome, I was referring to the lamp conversion, probably a 2core flex, no earth for the typical table lamp. Mounted on a metal nobect.

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #33 on: Wednesday 25 June 14 19:58 BST (UK) »
Gravity fed liquid starch dispenser with flow control (plug) missing.

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #34 on: Wednesday 25 June 14 23:04 BST (UK) »
Good evening,

As promised a photo albeit of a modern fitting but would have been almost identical. Couldn't find a pic of the sprung wire butterfly but anyone who has had a globe ceiling light may have come across one.

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #35 on: Friday 04 July 14 14:49 BST (UK) »
The only problem with it being a lamp holder, is it would be in the inverted position facing downwards, eliminating the shadow from the base of the bulb and the holder, not facing upwards. Also, if there had beem a twin flex connected through the pipe running down to and past the hot iron, how would one heat the iron without damaging the flex, remembering that in those days, any electrical cable utilised in the household would have been insulated with a rubber coating.

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