Badge-Like Thingy

[mlw67]

Hi!

I found this badge-like thingy and I have not seen anything like it before. It has to date earlier than 1955 since it has been under pavement since then.

Does anyone know what it is?

Thanks for looking!

 

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[IronSpike]

A few more suggestions:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&um=1&q=pyxes&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20

Pyxes
Compass
Portable ashtray

 

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[SODABOTTLEBOB]

Thank God for dictionaries! Even after viewing the photos I had to look up the word "pyxes." Which, for those of you like me who are not as smart as a fifth grader, is;

"A container (Catholic) in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept."

Eucharist: "The Lord's last supper" (Communion).

But what's throwing me off more than anything, (including my theory on the ink well cover) is the presence of the two little legs. Which appear to serve one of two purposes.

1. To keep the item from fitting securely to whatever it was attached to, thus creating a small gap.

2. To fit into two slots or holes, for a secure fit.

Contradictory, I agree ... but the legs served a purpose, and that's what's puzzling me most.

 

[SODABOTTLEBOB]

Dear mlw67 - (By the way, I like your profile photo - it reminds me of ... well, on second thought, we better not go there). LOL

Have you done any research on the school that you mentioned? And is there any possible connection between the school and anything Jewish? I still think the six point star is a clue!

Thanks.

SODA"JERK"BOB

 

[mlw67]

WoW! I cannot believe how many very similar items you guys have come up with. Y'all rock!

At this rate I'm sure it's just a matter of time before someone posts a picture of this actual item in use! heheh

Thanks again for the continued comments and interest.

 

[mlw67]

Bob! Thank you for the kind words. I missed your last post when I was here yesterday--it looks like we were posting about the same time.

My avatar is the face I make when I find stuff.

Wow I just now found a cool website that blogs the progress of the garden where I found this. If you go to 'older posts' you can see a video that shows the parking lot before they start, then there is a video of them tearing up the asphalt, then a video that shows the fill rock still there, then a video that shows them just as they are starting to bring in the loads of topsoil.

I was very lucky to have found this site the day after they cleaned out the fill rock, and I hunted it right up to the night before they filmed that last video. You can see in the background of that video some big dirt piles. Those piles weren't there the last night I hunted and the next afternoon when I showed up the lot was covered with those piles--so that last video had to have been shot that very next morning after my final hunt. I will try and get the full story out to the 'today's finds' forum within the next week. I have to finish my photos first.

Oh--and I don't know of any Jewish connection, but I didn't look into that very deeply. I got distracted by the garden blog site:

http://vestalcommunitygarden.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-08-09T09:47:00-07:00&max-results=7

 

[mlw67]

Well I looked around a bit more for a Jewish connection and I couldn't find one.

My link above already links to the 'older posts' (sorry), but there is a link then to the 'newer posts'.

I found out that I missed it when they removed almost as much asphalt from the same area last year.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The attached photo is of an antique school desk. If you zoom in on the ink well lid you will notice it is similar in design to the item in question. Especially near the top where it narrows and protrudes where the hinge part is. I know this is a long shot ... but I'm trying.

It looks like a possibility. The closest match so far.