Dear Mountain States Collector,  We, too, are intriqued by your October 2021 “What I It?” My husband and son and I have put our heads together, done some research, and are hazarding our best guess as to what the item is. For starters, the only decipherable word (of two words) on the object is “All Bright” which is either a […]

 Our January’s What Is It’s correct guesses were from:  Jacque Rutledge, Northglenn, Colorado and Cheryl Miller, Fort Collins, Colorado. They both guessed the item to be a glass inkwell chair with a cat.  This inkwell has a cat on the seat cushion which makes up the lid. The body of the chair is the well in this pressed-glass piece. It […]

 Our December’s What Is It correct guesses were from: William McLaren of Anchorage, Alaska; Tricia Myers, Baltimore, Maryland and Jerome McLaren of Conifer, Colorado. All were correct in identifying these as carved bottle stoppers. These are all of political figures throughout the years.  Congratulations to all who ventured a guess. You have won a year’s subscription to the Mountain States […]

 We had several correct guesses for our November’s What Is It contest. Pictured are nozzles for firemen’s hoses. Brass hose attachments seen here are, from left, two pipes (one with a leather cover and handle) used when volume was regulated by the pumper and two later nozzles with shutoff cocks.  Congratulations to our winners: Jean Helzer of Arvada, Colorado; Matt […]

We had no guesses for October’s What Is It. It will remain a mystery. The Rocky Mountain Antiques store in Loveland will have it on hand for any reader who would like to examine it. We’re sorry that we      couldn’t help in this search. Let us know if you know what it is. We will publish any information about this […]