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My first thought as well. Way back in the 1900s, a person answering phones had these books with little tear-out paper slips that could be filled out with the name and number of a person who called, as well as what the message was regarding. The secretary or admin assistant would take the message, tear off the top half from the book, and leave the message on the recipient's desk.
It's a memo holder. Kind of a miniature inbox and reminder. Others can put a memo card in it so your see it when you get back to your desk, you can use it to keep track of to-do, correspondence etc. Pre-email they were very common place in offices.
Can someone please identify what this chrome spring object is on Stottlemeyer's desk? (from the series Monk)
I did reverse image search/gemini ~ results said it was a 1970s vintage spiral lamp base, a metal egg holder or a hydrolic cylinder.
I dont believe it's any of those items, is this just a strange desk ornament or pen holder? there are never any pens in it...
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Pen holder
I’m with you. Too wide for envelopes.
Letter holder
I'd put letters in it that need to be read or mailed.
mystery solved, & thank you for the quick response!
I believe it's a memo/envelope holder, though in fairness I usually see them mounted horizontally, more like this: https://www.kiosk-store.com/shop/p/yellow-spiral-letter-holder-ttmrk
yes! I believe you are correct, someone shared an ebay link & it looks like these things but vertical.
solved!
thank you :)
I believe it's a message holder.
that's correct, pieces of paper/messages.
My first thought as well. Way back in the 1900s, a person answering phones had these books with little tear-out paper slips that could be filled out with the name and number of a person who called, as well as what the message was regarding. The secretary or admin assistant would take the message, tear off the top half from the book, and leave the message on the recipient's desk.
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Both a memo and pen holder. Similar to this on eBay: https://ebay.us/m/Nv50E4
oh YES! this looks pretty spot on.
Solved!
thank you :)
It's a memo holder. Kind of a miniature inbox and reminder. Others can put a memo card in it so your see it when you get back to your desk, you can use it to keep track of to-do, correspondence etc. Pre-email they were very common place in offices.
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Can someone please identify what this chrome spring object is on Stottlemeyer's desk? (from the series Monk)
I did reverse image search/gemini ~ results said it was a 1970s vintage spiral lamp base, a metal egg holder or a hydrolic cylinder. I dont believe it's any of those items, is this just a strange desk ornament or pen holder? there are never any pens in it...
what is this thing??
I have seen something like this for soldering iron. Seems more like a letter holder or pen holder.
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Letter holder. In the envelopes.
its intended to hold things, as inefficient and ineffective as it is.
it can hold hair brushes,paint brushes, golf tees.. trinkets and things of all sorts.