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Size is approximately 6 inches long by 1 3/4 inches high by 1 1/2 wide.
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This one stumped everyone but a few folks, both here and on social media. It’s a Victorian sterling blotter with a sterling undercase. Well done or better luck next time, as the case may be.
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Nail buffer
Silver dressing table set?
wow! the measurements given sure don’t seem to match the photo again! But ignoring those, I agree with all those who’ve said it is a sterling nail buffer
Nail Buffer
It looks like a communion plate, especially used for the flat bread or crackers.
A fountain pen ink blotter. Either that, or the bottom is an ink pad and the top part is a stamp.
It looks like a nail buffer that belongs to a vanity set?
Silver handled nail buffer
Fingernail buffer.
Butter dish.
Looks like a nail buffer my grandmother had. The base was covered in chamois and the results were lovely.
Sterling silver nail buffer?
Ink blotter, maybe.
An antique silver nail buffer
Ink blotter