Need help with another identification - anyone know what this is?

[sin-n-dex]

Found another one - last one though (for a while)... anyone know what this is? The B&M shop owner thinks these are some type of weights, used in an apothecary or something like that.

[a_c_green]

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@sin-n-dex wrote:

The B&M shop owner thinks these are some type of weights, used in an apothecary or something like that.

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Not unless they're distinctly different weights. You haven't provided any details such as dimensions, weight or approximate size.

To me they look more like simple game pieces, where you pick one at random and turn it over to see what number is underneath.

[emptynestsquirrels]

Hi there, are they open on the sides like tatting or netting shuttles? Like fisherfolk or shrimpers would make.  Or have holes to attach weights? They are almost marked like runes, but too similar to each other. Interesting, will follow, intrigued

[sin-n-dex]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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@sin-n-dex wrote:

The B&M shop owner thinks these are some type of weights, used in an apothecary or something like that.

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Not unless they're distinctly different weights. You haven't provided any details such as dimensions, weight or approximate size.

To me they look more like simple game pieces, where you pick one at random and turn it over to see what number is underneath.

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Sorry, I guess that would help with an ambiguous item. They are approximately 3/4"-1" long (teardrop tip to bottom). They seem to all be the same weight which is why I wasn't buying the "apothecary weight" theory (and asked here), plus searching for items on eBay did not turn up anything interesting.

Game pieces is an interesting theory. You know, sometimes when I get something and I really have no clue what it is, I just say "unidentified" and try to describe what it is. There's a bunch of buyers that search for "unidentified items" and my "unidentified temple tokens" sell right away. So someone is searching for that.

But still think it's better to know what you're selling.

C.

[sin-n-dex]

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@emptynestsquirrels wrote:

Hi there, are they open on the sides like tatting or netting shuttles? Like fisherfolk or shrimpers would make.  Or have holes to attach weights? They are almost marked like runes, but too similar to each other. Interesting, will follow, intrigued

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No holes, they are solid through (a few mm thick, left that out in the last post I just made describing them). I did search for "teardrop weight" and saw fishing type weights, but those have a loop on them to attach to a line, and these don't have them.

Runes is a good theory too, hadn't though of that, but they are actually quite small. I'll search on eBay for runes and see if I turn up anything.

C.

[vi40-6706]

I believe those are vintage golf ball markers to use to mark your place when your ball is in someone else's way.

[chapeau-noir]

Most of those have spikes but not all - here's something from Worthpoint: 

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-golf-ball-marker-titleist-314726804

Would the numbers then be marking holes?

[moondogblues]

Are they ivory...might not want to list here.

[sin-n-dex]

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@moondogblues wrote:

Are they ivory...might not want to list here.

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No, they're metal (brass I'm assuming, but it's a copper alloy in any event).

C.

[a_c_green]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

Most of those have spikes but not all - here's something from Worthpoint: 

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-golf-ball-marker-titleist-314726804

Would the numbers then be marking holes?

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Well, no, the markers are only used temporarily on the current hole, while your party is putting. Any numbers would indicate the player, not the hole (similar to numbers on golf balls when more than one player in the party is using the same brand of ball). (I was a golf caddy a zillion years ago, at one of the private clubs that inspired the screenplay for "Caddyshack." 😁)

Frankly, I don't believe that Worthpoint seller's description of his items as ball markers. They look more like random things carved into arrowhead shapes which the seller claims are markers, or guitar picks, or whatever. The ones we're looking at here do not appear to be anything like that, and I don't think they're golf markers either.

[this*old*attic]

Maybe try a reverse image search? I think there are apps for that?

[lacemaker3]

They seem to be slightly different sizes, is that right? They're all pretty close in size, so it's hard to tell.

Are they the same thickness, or do they vary? If they are different, does the thickness correlate to the numbers? I'm wondering if they might be thickness gauges, maybe.

[chapeau-noir]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

Most of those have spikes but not all - here's something from Worthpoint: 

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-golf-ball-marker-titleist-314726804

Would the numbers then be marking holes?

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Well, no, the markers are only used temporarily on the current hole, while your party is putting. Any numbers would indicate the player, not the hole (similar to numbers on golf balls when more than one player in the party is using the same brand of ball). (I was a golf caddy a zillion years ago, at one of the private clubs that inspired the screenplay for "Caddyshack." 😁)

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"Cannonball!  Cannonball!" lol.

I wonder if they're simply weights, then - stuff like this really intrigues me. 

[katzrul15]

@sin-n-dex 

Are they gram weights?  Have you weighed them?

[sin-n-dex]

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@katzrul15 wrote:

@sin-n-dex 

Are they gram weights?  Have you weighed them?

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I just checked, they are all between 5.0 and 6.0 grams, but the number on the "weight" doesn't seem to have any correlation to what weight is on the scale.

C.