“A wooden machine that features dials that are numbered, but a few are labeled ’parlor,’ ’ladies entrance,’ and ’bathroom.’”
Answer: “It’s a servants’ bell call indicator, similar one here. It’s used to show servants where the call for service has come from.”
You can read more about them here:
www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/the-leather-sap-old-school-but-is-it-legal/
I've always heard them called blackjacks
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You mean back when they could indescriminantly cause internal bleeding and cuncussions and pretend nothing happened?
#8 is a Turkish coffee grinder. I have one exactly like this one that I got in Turkey in 1972.
Hmmm... I thought a cosh was more like a nightstick.....
When i was small i used to grind coffee on it every time i visit my grandparents. Those 2 that i have now are from them.