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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 06-15-2005 01:12 PM Here is a Whatzit. Most often they are found in silverplate. The drawing is from a patent paper. After a few guesses I'll put up the entire patent. IP: Logged
tmockait Posts: 963 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 06-15-2005 02:47 PM Chaffing or fondue dish of some sort? Tom IP: Logged
FredZ Posts: 1070 Registered: Jun 99	posted 06-15-2005 03:02 PM It is obviously an ostrich egg warmer for the real hungry client. Fred IP: Logged
adelapt Posts: 418 Registered: May 2003	posted 06-15-2005 06:08 PM Egg "coddler" is my try. IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 06-15-2005 06:16 PM Hi Scott! Without having the dimensions my guess would be a Victorian egg stand that boils, poaches and/or steams eggs. Jersey IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 06-15-2005 09:49 PM IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 06-15-2005 11:10 PM From wev's obscure knowledge file: Mr. Kirkland's father-in-law, Charles Merriam, was co-publisher, with his brother George, of one of my favorite bedside volumes, the Merriam-Webster dictionary. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 06-16-2005 08:26 AM WEV, Your insights always surprise me. I tried to find out more (just idle curiosity) about the relationship by doing a quick search of the WEB. ("William Kirkham" "Springfield, Ma*") Not much there. You are truly an amazing resource. I wonder what other gems of info you have squirreled away? The only "William Kirkham" found were from Utah or the UK. I did find this about a Samuel Kirham. Another loose Kirkham connection to Merriam-Webster? quote: Kirkham, Samuel. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures : Accompanied by a Compendium Embracing a New Systematick [Sic.] Order of Parsing, a New System of Punctuation, Exercises in False Syntax, and a Key to the Exercises ; Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners / by Samuel Kirkham. 9th ed., enl. and improved ed: Chambersburg, [Penn.?] : Published and sold by G.A. Shryock, 1828. IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 06-16-2005 10:42 AM Unfortunately, I can add little about Mr. Kirkham beyond his marriage at Springfield on 23 Oct 1861 to Harriet, daughter of Charles and Sophia (Warriner) Merriam. There are some hints he was born in the area of Wetherfield CT, probably in the late 1830s. He is not listed in the 1880 census, nor is his wife. I don't have access to the 1870 records, but that would be the next step. [This message has been edited by wev (edited 06-16-2005).] IP: Logged
t-man-nc Posts: 327 Registered: Mar 2000	posted 07-01-2005 08:12 AM Do you know if he made Spoons, as I have a "Kirkham" in my "Unidentified" box? "Smaug" IP: Logged

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