Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Found: Mystery Door Number One
A flea market find in a pile of rubble. It's now displayed on my office wall as a piece of found art. Submit your guess as to what it was originally by posting a comment below.
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It appears to open from either the top or the bottom, depending on which lever you turn sideways, that's why the hindges and handle on top smaller compartment and bottom larger. I haven't a clue!... Some sort of storage? Pie on top, bread on the bottom? Paper money on top, coins on bottom? ..lol..
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure, but it looks like a mustachioed fellow with a unibrow to me. :)
ReplyDeleteA safe? A rabbit hutch? A cabinet of curiousities?
ReplyDeleteThe best offline guess so far is that this is the lens cover to an antique camera (a big camera, since the piece is about 7 inches x 9 inches). The idea was that the various hinges swing back to let in light. However, that is just a guess (though I've sort of accepted it as correct).
ReplyDeleteA music box? A jewelry box?
ReplyDeleteWe have one of these floating around the house. Is there glass on the other side? My husband uses it as a photo frame. He says that his father who developed his own photos had it among his equipment.
ReplyDeleteNo glass on the other side, but I do think it has something to do with photos. Whatever it is, it's a handsome object and looks like it was handmade.
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