Mystery Item

[Bishop]

Can anybody identify what this wooden hoop thing is? It has been boggling staff and visitors to a local charity shop nuts for the last month.

 

[KenThis]

I have absolutely no idea.
BUT I'm still gonna have a guess.
Is it something to do with embroidery or cross stitch to stretch a piece of circular work while stitching??

 

[snappingturtle]

Well I'm going to be all archaeological about it, I have no idea so it must be religious or of a ritualistic nature.

 

[hughtrimble]

Looks like the lower arch can rotate out from under the larger making a dome-like thing. Any chance of a picture of the metal assembly at the bottom?

 

[Bishop]

I have to go into town at some point tomorrow and will swing by for more pictures lol

 

[starsailor]

Don't think it's needlecraft related - not like anything I've seen. Look forward to more pics.

 

[starsailor]

A device for stretching something possibly, but don't know what.

 

[Toddy]

I thought it looked a bit like the old laundry bag holders. The kind that took a pillowslip and hung from the back of a door.

I'd like to see more photos for more detail though.

M

 

[GGTBod]

Looks like a device for closing a huge traditional Cornish pasty, you open it up and lay flat and lay your big pastry disc over it, fill as needed and then close back up sealing your massive pasty, i might just be really hungry right now waiting for my sausage sandwich to cook so i'm seeing food everywhere

 

[KenThis]

Looks like a device for closing a huge traditional Cornish pasty, you open it up and lay flat and lay your big pastry disc over it, fill as needed and then close back up sealing your massive pasty, i might just be really hungry right now waiting for my sausage sandwich to cook so i'm seeing food everywhere

mmmmmm huge tradiotional Cornish pasty! (Homer Simpson Voice)

 

[starsailor]

Further looking about suggests it might be a quilting hoop; I found this image on the net, quite like it?



I'm a quilter - would you be willing to go back and buy this for me please? Happy to reimburse ofcourse, pay Paypal fees and p&p

 

[KenThis]

I must get some bonus points for my embroidery/cross stitch suggestion! Paxman would say I was close enough!

 

[starsailor]

You can have my bonus points I lost for saying I didn't think it was needlecraft related lol I've not seen a folding frame before, not even a vague bell ringing.

 

[Mesquite]

Further looking about suggests it might be a quilting hoop; I found this image on the net, quite like it?

Nothing like it at all apart from them both being semi circular.

Embroidery/sewing/quilting hoops are designed to grip the material and the mystery object wouldn't be be able to do that due to the spacer halfway around as well as the gap between the wooden parts.

I reckon Toddy is the closest so far

 

[starsailor]

Oh well, agree to disagree I'd still like the thing though, out of interest I can add it to my collection of interesting wooden things.

 

[KenThis]

I'm not competitive (and if you believe that I'll tell you another), so not worried about winning as long as get enough bonus points for an honourable mention.

 

[Bishop]

Don't think it's quilting related, some sort of dress hanger maybe???

 

[JamPan]

There is some wear around the middle hook which looks like the bracket will go there for wall mounting. Then there's quite a bit of wear around the inside of the ring.
Do those pulley wheel looking things where the hooks are spin?

 

[starsailor]

This from my friend in Canada:

' Its a quilters border hoop, you see them a lot over here in NS where everyone and their grandmother quilts'

 

[Bishop]

It does not appear to tighten up the half hoops but if you want I will get it for you, they are asking £2