Any information on these vintage items?

[CAWORK]

Age, use etc?
Both brand new.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

A pair of MEM15amp, wire type fuses, mounted in an cast-iron box, pre-1950's. MEM - Midland Electrical Manufacturing.

 

[mattylad]

Made when stuff was made to last.
Put it back on the shelf and it will outlive you, your children, grandchildren and their grandchildren.

No use today.

 

[sparkwright]

Would that be primarily for double pole fusing?
Can't really see what else you could do with it, without effort.
EDIT. Whoops, it says DP on the box, so...

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I'm sure a few museums would be interested in them

 

[sparkwright]

I'm sure a few museums would be interested in them

The Flameport Museum.

 

[CAWORK]

Made when stuff was made to last.
Put it back on the shelf and it will outlive you, your children, grandchildren and their grandchildren.

No use today.

I gathered they'd be no use Today, but yes, just going by the weight, you can tell they were built to last.

 

[CAWORK]

A pair of MEM15amp, wire type fuses, mounted in an cast-iron box, pre-1950's. MEM - Midland Electrical Manufacturing.

I was thinking, could they be Service Fuse Cutouts? Although only 15 Amp, perhaps at a time when electricity was used only for lighting (5 Amp)?

 

[CAWORK]

The Flameport Museum.

That thought did cross my mind.....

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I was thinking, could they be Service Fuse Cutouts?

No, I don't remember a time, when rewirable fuses were ever used, besides which, there is no ways to seal them.

 

[sparkwright]

No, I don't remember a time, when rewirable fuses were ever used, besides which, there is no ways to seal them.

And rated at 15 amp.
I envisaged this would be used for adding a new circuit such as an immersion, or a 15 amp socket, or lights - where the existing fuse box would be full.
I don't think a double pole switch was considered important.
I think even as recent as the early 60s, a fuse carrier as shown in the picture, marked say 15 amp, would happily have say 5 amp fuse wire put into it by the electrician.
Also, tails coming out of the ISCO block to a new additional fuse box would often be as small as it possibly could be.

 

[Tigercubrider]

Film/TV props company might be interested?
I guess only useful when needed for a close up

 

[sparkwright]

Make a great hamburger box.

 

[morqthana]

I'm sure a few museums would be interested in them

Or someone who builds steampunk stuff

 

[SUNRAY]

No, I don't remember a time, when rewirable fuses were ever used, besides which, there is no ways to seal them.

Rewirable cutout fuses were not a lot different to those ceramic units and I've always regretted losing a cast iron unit during clearing up after a job, my first house had something similar,

(courtesy of JW YT) which I was given permission to do temporaries prior to timber and damp treatment while renovating.