tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post7138802290147491224..comments2023-05-01T04:51:15.777-07:00Comments on Gladsome Lights: Cubbies and Holes QuestionGretchenJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-92026348518474069802010-03-24T15:06:46.980-07:002010-03-24T15:06:46.980-07:00How peculiar! My first thought was that perhaps i...How peculiar! My first thought was that perhaps it was for the stgorage of something that might require the free passage of air around it. (Well, actally, that isn't true. If I'm honest, my first though was some sort of marbles game but that would be ridiculous so I didn't want to admit to it).<br /><br />I have done a google image search for "pigeon hole units" and similar, with and without the word "antique", to see whether I could get any ideas and I found <a href="http://www.officemuseum.com/IMagesWWW/1874_Wooton_pigeon_holes_OM.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a>. If the spaces are meant to accommodate lockable drawers of the variety shown in that photograph, it doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility that the holes could be part of some sort of locking mechanism. Perhaps turning the key would cause a piece of wood/metal to insert itself into the hole, thus preventing removal.<br /><br />Pure speculation on my part, of course, but it's all I could think of.Bbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10989307876421460920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-69195041318525357102010-03-16T08:24:04.693-07:002010-03-16T08:24:04.693-07:00Oh my. Very interesting. I hope you will post if...Oh my. Very interesting. I hope you will post if you come up with something. I can't think of anything I would want to display on shelves with holes in them. :)Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-72230223915398322722010-03-16T00:12:18.361-07:002010-03-16T00:12:18.361-07:00Intriguing!
All I can come up with is wild guesse...Intriguing!<br /><br />All I can come up with is wild guesses such as: lids for gallon jars of cherries or a telegraph something-or-other.Janelle thegeekywifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570096064139672174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-39462412096159177702010-03-15T21:09:28.661-07:002010-03-15T21:09:28.661-07:00My husband thought baseballs sounded good, but the...My husband thought baseballs sounded good, but they don't seem to go with the names of the states. And wine bottles are too tall to fit.GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-87273116002339197142010-03-15T19:26:06.257-07:002010-03-15T19:26:06.257-07:00I'll come back and check to see if anyone figu...I'll come back and check to see if anyone figured it out! I'm too tired to think!Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-42516776422142031072010-03-15T10:58:14.107-07:002010-03-15T10:58:14.107-07:00Wine bottles?Wine bottles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-41311836036689273102010-03-15T10:10:47.983-07:002010-03-15T10:10:47.983-07:00Too small for bowling balls, and probably too big ...Too small for bowling balls, and probably too big for baseballs, though softballs would be about right. ;-) I didn't take out my tape measure, but I'd guess in hindsight that the cubbies are about 5" square.GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-60061045624845757222010-03-15T10:02:07.338-07:002010-03-15T10:02:07.338-07:00Intriguing for sure. I want to say baseballs but y...Intriguing for sure. I want to say baseballs but you did say educated guess and that's just being silly.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-86428866473045634222010-03-15T09:50:47.885-07:002010-03-15T09:50:47.885-07:00bowling balls?bowling balls?Chocolatesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493321160124151967noreply@blogger.com