OT: What do you think it is? Stone bathtub? Baptismal? Historian needed.

i_r_machinist · Jul 19, 2017

A freind of mine bought this last weekend. He thinks it is a hand carved bathtub. I think it was some kind of church baptismal. It seems to have some kind of engraving on the side of it.
Any ideas?
i_r_

Modelman · Jul 19, 2017

Paul Bunyan's sauerkraut crock?

Dennis

Larry Dickman · Jul 19, 2017

Looks like a rowboat.

Greg White · Jul 19, 2017

horse cattle watering trough?
Gw

Billtodd · Jul 19, 2017

There are a few similar objects dotted around my home town. Most are planted with flowers. They are actually old water troughs for watering horses (and any other beast of burden) .

scroll down here to see one next to the roman wall…

http://www.camulos.com/virtual/townwall2.htm

L Vanice · Jul 19, 2017

There is a stone water trough in daily use in Greenfield Village. The horse-drawn omnibuses stop there to water the horses. It is wide enough to let a two-horse team drink simultaneously.

Larry

gwilson · Jul 19, 2017

A bit rough on the old rear end to be a bath tub!

Porschefix · Jul 19, 2017

That used to be part of the salad bar down at Granny Clarks back in the 50's

Chip Chester · Jul 19, 2017

gwilson said:
A bit rough on the old rear end to be a bath tub!

Macrodermabrasion/exfoliation. It's all the rage nowadays.

Chip

litlerob1 · Jul 19, 2017

A cast iron tub would need a mold right?

Forrest Addy · Jul 19, 2017

Could be a horse trough.

Rich people in the Gilded Age loved their fancy fittings.I knew a lady in Rhode Island who rented in a Victorian horse stable. She sent me pictures. The place was lavish with fancy woodwork,moldings and carvings, Beaux Art gas lamps, leaded windows, copper roof. There were even frescos on the ceilings. The place had been lightly renovated for human habitation where the stalls became bedrooms etc.

A carved stone horse trough wouldn't seem a stretch in that setting

IronReb · Jul 19, 2017

I dunno what it is but judging by the age of it I am sure it is haunted or something.
Would make a cool planter in the front yard though.

gwilson · Jul 20, 2017

Do you guys know what the pope said to Michelangelo when he first saw the finished ceiling? He shouted "No,you fool!!" I said a FRESH COAT.

DDoug · Jul 20, 2017

Looks like fill to me....

i_r_machinist · Jul 20, 2017

If it is a horse trough, its a theft proof horse trough!
thanks
have fun
i_r_

Scottl · Jul 20, 2017

Ancient Roman urinal?

Davis In SC · Jul 20, 2017

I think stock watering trough.. What were the circumstances of the buy? Any Story(ies), location, etc ?

Limy Sami · Jul 20, 2017

How many more times? doesn't anyone RTFM anymore :rolleyes5:

..........it's an intercooler for a turboencabulator.

Lester Bowman · Jul 20, 2017

Quote.." Do you guys know what the pope said to Michelangelo when he first saw the finished ceiling? He shouted "No,you fool!!" I said a FRESH COAT."

Gwilson..I don't get it? Oh wait..a Fresco!

i_r_machinist · Jul 24, 2017

No idea where it came from. A freind had it in his yard for the last 20+ years. He passed away and his widow sold it to another buddy of mine. I took another guy over to see it Sunday. He walks up and starts pointing out letters carved in the upper rim. 20 freakin years and nobody noticed a M,E, a 12" gap where it had been broken, then another E and backwards N.
who knows...
have fun
i_r_

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