Do You know what kind of object the picture(s) show?
And if you know, can you name it?
I’d really want to know how to call this thing. I know what it does and what it is used for, but can not come up with a German name for this, forget an English one – suggestions welcome!
And if You may have no idea what it’s function is – just guess please, and let me know … !
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Sorry for the background, it’s the kitchen table of my grandfather from the thirties, I use it for storing books and – thingies.
63 mago 
My guess is that Der Thingy is a door stop.
Your grandfather’s antique table sounds interesting. Is it something like a Bauhaus design? May we see a pix of the table?
A door stop??? It is a knob with a break off screw, a finger pull… and it is obviously hand finished. I hope this helps.
Sx
It’s a “Ladenmännchen” (shutter manikin?), vulgo “Fensterladenhalter; a bracket to steady window shutters, like here:
http://www.google.de/search?q=fensterladenhalter&hl=de&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eAjvT8jJFOnZ4QTGuLTQDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=737
I could not find an English expression for it. Hopefully I could help you ;-)
Anna
Sorry, XL, no doorstop. Alfred’s tabel? A far cry from Bauhaus, more like “let’s hammer it together in the stable and drag it over the yard into the kitchen; if need be we can burn it too.”
Sorry MsScarlet, ther is nothing breaking off with that screw. What is a “finger pull”?
And the Oscar goes to – Anna! Fensterladenhalter, I did not know the word Ladenmännchen. I think in the Anglo-Saxon part of the world Fensterläden are constructed differently, so there simply is no need to invent a Ladenmänncen.
Well, I would have guessed a drawer pull. But I’m glad someone else figured it out.
I have a new blog, but I don’t want to just give out the URL. Email me if you want it.
Had no clue but now I have learned a new thing.
AHA! The table is from a previously unpublished school of design: Magohaus!
I am here to ‘like’ Mr XL’s comment.
Sx
All is well, C.
Mission accomplished, dear Squirrel!
It’s more like the family hammer, there was a “Married with Children” episode about this. Alfred btw built a house, and until his old age was a pretty strong fellow. Diabetes finally got him, the decline was fast and pretty devastating. He spent his last days in Kursk again.
I like him too, MsScarlet.
No lets see whether I can bring up a post with this lousy funky stick …
never seen this before, mago, what a neat thing specially the link.
We are exotic here in Franconia and use strange things, Austere …
I just watched the MWC “If Al Had A Hammer” episode. HA!
I think it was one of the early ones, but may be wrong. I love the one when St. Nikolaus slams into their garage, I think it’s the only time the Bundys win something.