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Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: parallelmotion on January 07, 2021, 03:38:41 pm

Thanks Thomas and others; I feel fortunate to be its caretaker for now. Where will it be after the next 120 years?

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: yussufhippo on January 07, 2021, 09:46:37 am

Well, Brent, while watching this magnificent combination working,  the old folk-lore idea of the "Jungbrunnen" (= fountain of eternal youth) comes to my mind.
a) This combo must certainly be of the Jungbrunnen-type, as it has been preserved so extraordinarily well,
b) Watching (and collecting) such beautiful things keeps you young, indeed!

Thanks for sharing!
Thomas

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: RedRyder on January 06, 2021, 04:52:41 pm

Just plain magnificent, Brent..!
Superb also comes to mind.
I would have made a run for it if you hadn't spotted it first.

I'm glad you won it and I am amazed at it's fine condition.

Gil

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: Stoker on January 05, 2021, 09:05:10 pm

Spectacular Stirling Fountain from oh so long ago. Wonderful!!!

It just might be that its incredible condition is owed to the angled stream of water, making it less than a joy to operate. I would think an escutcheon pin, or other fine cylindrical object of suitable diameter, might be able to tweak the nozzle slightly, and straighten up the stream. Certainly opening the nozzle slightly would lower the height to which it squirts, and might help control it some that way as well.

What a wonderful little time capsule that box contains!

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: parallelmotion on January 05, 2021, 07:02:08 pm

Thanks guys. I now think the whole fountain leans very slightly, so I might be able to gently straighten it. Won't be soldering anything but maybe could attach a short bit of tubing onto the nozzle (friction fit) to straighten out the stream.

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: Woe is me on January 05, 2021, 06:26:16 pm

That is in such fantastic condition, like from a time capsule. Great video, thanks for sharing.
My little Bing fountain does the same thing. I took a 3/4" copper cap, the ones for capping off
a water line, and soldered three, three" legs of copper on it high enough to straddle the fountain.
The water shoots up inside and drips back off the edge of it. Just a thought.

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: Jim on January 05, 2021, 06:22:14 pm

A real stunner.

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: oilfield_steam on January 05, 2021, 06:12:10 pm

I don't think I've seen anything nicer in a long while.  A wonderful addition to your collection.

Title: Re: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: St Paul Steam on January 05, 2021, 05:15:52 pm

Brent , you have some of the nicest , rarest , most unique pieces in your collection.
Always a pleasure to enjoy  😊

Title: reenactment of a 1902 unboxing
Post by: parallelmotion on January 05, 2021, 02:42:55 pm

Here's what some lucky kid opened over a century ago. It is almost as new with no restoration other than tightening one of the drive strings. It's quite a squirter but needs a bit of an angle adjustment. This Ernst Plank's model No. 358:

https://youtu.be/FiFeCbHRRkQ