Posted 8 years ago
parmom
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Found this in some old things of my mom's - think it is from 1930s, has spring at base and spindle with small chuck at top. Ball is approx. 2" tall with two small holes - smaller than pencil diameter on each side. I cannot find anything like it and am guessing it is part of a mechanical toy or some kind of top - has some wear at top of ball from spinning motion but base of ball where spring comes out looks pristine. Any ideas?
I also have one that is shaped like a globe - same size, metal, spindle on top and bottom (no spring), spinning wear at top of ball but not at bottom, and same double holes on each side.
I think it is a funny thing to mount a whip antenna on so it can fold down.
Could be but haven't found anything in old antenna mounts that looks like this - will try to dig a little deeper on this. Thanks!
Kinda looks like Olive Oyl from the old popeye cartoons??
Pretty sure it is an old spring loaded spinning top - spring on base that it lands upright on from launcher (long ago lost). Olive Oyl is a good guess for the character - knew it wasn't Betty Boop but could not place who it might be. Thanks!