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The pictured item is approximately 7 inches long.
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It’s a letter opener.
This is a black head remover.
Black head remover
It’s definitely a hall-marked silver marrow scoop. I own (and use) one exactly the same.
It’s an English marrow scoop, 7-in. long.
A THERMOMETER FOR READING YOUR TEMPERATURE.
a dentist spatula for mixing fillings.
It does remind me of the tool my grandfather used to measure out and make prescription drugs. But I can’t read what, if anything, is printed on it. It also looks like a rag rug “needle”.
It looks like a marrow scoop.
looks like a marrow scoop with English silver hallmarks.
Possibly old timey doctors tool for measuring medicine.
Possibly old timey doctors tool to measure medicine.
crochet hook
It is an implement to make rag rugs. It was made from a toothbrush handle.
It’s a “marrow bone scraper-digger. I have 1 similar to this that belonged to my grand-mother
How do we find old columns ?
It’s a cuticle pusher.
For removing skin of poached fish before serving, such as steamed/poached salmon “steaks”.
It’s a marrow scoop. Bone marrow scoop
It is a silver marrow scoop. Marrow scoops replaced marrow spoons in the early 18th century and were made throughout the 19th century. They are still used today for their intended purpose – removing marrow, considered a delicacy, from the bone
Marrow scoops replaced marrow spoons in the early 18th century and were made throughout the 19th century. They are used for removing the marrow, considered a delicacy, from the bones. Many are still around and people still use them for the intended purpose.
It’s a bone marrow spoon
I think it is a marrow scoop…for scooping out and eating bone marrow.
A marrow spoon
I think this is a tool to measure medication to insert into a capsule.
A marrow scoop?
its a thermometer
I think this is used by pharmacists to measure pills.
It’s a marrow scoop
Could this be some type of nail groomer?
For taking the marrow out of beef bones when cooked as a meal
Cuticle file for the pushing back of cuticle of your fingernails. 1950-60s ish
a shellfish pick, for getting the meat out of crab and lobster claws, etc..
I think it’s a pick used to get the meat out of shellfish like crab claws, lobster, etc..
Might be a bone marrow extractor (spoon).
I believe it is a marrow spoon.
It’s a marrow scoop.
It’s a crochet needle
maybe a marrow scoop
It’s a crochet needle.
A tongue depressor
Looks like an antique collar stay
A tongue depressor.
I believe there is a small hole at one end for a hanging string. We have quite a few red and clear ones hanging on our vintage/antique feather trees.
Appears to be a measuring device for dry material. Probably used by a Pharmacist.
The illustration….It’s a little vague but my best guess would be the knife thingy they count medication with.
I believe there is a tiny hole at one end for a hanging string. I have quite a few red and clear ones hanging on our vintage/antique feather tree.
It looks like the tool that waitstaff at fancy restaurants use to scrape crumbs off the white tablecloths from the dinner table between courses.
It’s a bone marrow scoop/spoon
once upon a time marrow from inside long meat bones was considered a delicacy. This is a spoon for getting it out.
I believe it to be a marrow scoop, to remove that delicacy from the bones in roast ham, lamb,beef, etc.
I think it might be used to pull elastic through a waist band back in the days when people actually made
elastic waist bands in pants and underpants.
I thought I’ve seen one of these in use in a movie — Is it used to pour tiny amounts of powder into pill caps? As one would have in a pharmacy many years ago. How wide is it?
Nail file buffer from a manicure set.
I believe it to be a marrow scoop,used to get that
delicacy from ham, beef, and other roasts.
It is a marrow scoop. Probably English. I have one.
One end looks like a pimple popper and the other an ear cleaner
English marrow scraper
Looks to me like a metal version of what was called a hornspoon, used to measure out chemicals for pharmaceuticals or experiments.
Looks like a bone marrow spoon.
I agree: it looks like a silver crumb scraper !
Looks like a crumb scraper?