I've decided to expand the Mystery Object game to include other history mysteries (in the future) and also non-Victorian objects and thingamabobs. I'm having great fun searching the internet for mysterious things but so many of them are not Victorian. Since this is a dime museum, I can (and will) model it after Barnum's museum. He certainly had all sorts of odd things from all time periods (or at least odd things faked to look like they were ancient).In any case: on to this week's puzzle. It is not what you might think it is. That wouldn't be mysterious, now, would it?
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I also want to thank The Daily Reviewer for including The Virtual Dime Museum as one of their Top 100 Genealogy Blogs and Top History Blogs. I'm honored twice over!This has inspired me to think about a couple of posts that I've been meaning to write this year about some Victorian relatives of mine: a Brooklyn lawyer (a third great uncle) with a deeply-buried secret (I think I have found it out though), and the other a New York stockbroker (a great great uncle) who spent 1900 embroiled in scandal. But right now, I'm working on the life story of another Victorian fortune teller in New York - whose story is a little darker than Madame Morrow's. All shall be revealed in the near future.
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I'm gonna guess (wild wild guess) that this is a personal alarm that is triggered whenever someone is accidentally buried alive (as opposed to on purpose). I'm sure that's wrong but whatever. Or, it's a flask disguised as a watch. Also, my actual blog is http://freshhell.wordpress.com. The AJ's Clubhouse one is something I occasionally contribute to.
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FreshHell - Those are great guesses! Maybe we should do this like QI and give points for the most interesting answer :)
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my first thought was a pocket watch, but since you said it isn't what you think it is i would guess that's not the right answer...hehehe. maybe it's a door knocker, or the end of a fancy curtain rod, or hmmm...it is really a mystery to me. have a great day!
I'm gonna have to go boring today, and choose stopwatch.
I wonder if it's a compass or barometer...
I think it might be a door alarm (placed on the knob) or a kitchen timer. www.satisfiedsole.com
All great and inventive answers! But....not quite right :)
I will post what it is on Sunday.
Hmm, I'm going with a key.
Not a watch...so could it be a locket? Or is that too obvious, too? So mysterious!
It looks too much like a watch to be one... The end of a bell-pull perhaps?
Is it a mourning locket? They generally held a picture of a passed loved one and a small bit of their hair.
Coin case, yes? Spring loaded inside?
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