 English Picnic With Engine Turning (8345)
Engine turning is nearly a lost art, I'm told there are only a few machines in the entire world today. Its a lathe that cuts a pattern into the metal. There are as many patterns as there are hairs on your head. Watches were the most common use of engine turning, and it took as much time to do as hand engraving. Most all enameling has engine turning underneith. The enameling isn't what makes it expensive to manufacture it's the engine turning.
I'm holding a contest to see which country makes the best canes. If I were deciding today, the English would be the winner.I never cease to be amazed at the quality of workmanship and creativity of the English.
When the lid is raised, the base of the goblet is exposed. By screwing the lid, an identical shaped, and identical engine turned interior is removed. It looks like one piece, but it screws apart in three pieces, to expose salt and pepper shakers you can't spill. By screwing the handle from the shaft, the goblet and stem is removed. The stem is then screwed on the base under the lid. Notice the base has the same engine turning pattern as the rest, as does the top of the lid. All the interior pieces and lids of the shakers are gold washed. The collar just below the goblet is taller but matches the collar where the flask is removed.
The shaft is the typical European speckled commercial type flask with glass, which is removed 6" down the shaft. In the typical two piece flask shaft the glass is just below the handle. In this one the glass is attached to the flask for a quick drink, which sticks up into the separate 6" matching piece. The stem of the goblet sticks down into the separate section, nearly touching the blown glass below. There would be no place else to put the stem. I think it would look weird as a pocket piece with the stem sticking out, it's 4" long, and 2" in diameter, with this type of thing there is always that possibiliy. Because no one else is making comments, I'm doing my best to express both sides of of every issue.
I think the English are great. Some of my best canes I got from Michael German and Dominic Strickland of London. www.antiquecanes.com If I'm jealous of anything, it's the first website address on antique canes.
They have a great dvd on canes, I highly recommend it. I've learned a lot from these gentlemen, and I thank them for the education. This website is actually a compilation of what I have learned from them, Hank Taron, Rick wagner, and all the others I have bought canes from. Sincerely Gary
Category: Gadget
Sub Category: City - Manufactured
Listed: 2006-07-28 00:16:54
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