✅ SOLVED Any ideas on this copper item?.. Nice metalwork on it quite fragile

[Slycer516]

 

[bigfoot1]

we are going to need a good pic of back for attachments etc.a close up of front would also help

 

[Ant]

From what I see on my cell phone I would guess that it is a hair barret.

 

[Slycer516]

I will add more pics of back when I get home( on the road now) but I thought maybe same thing ... Any ideas on age? Looks like an old one

 

[Slycer516]

 

[Slycer516]

Not much going on on the back

 

[villagenut]

Candy tongs, similar to this one....https://www.etsy.com/listing/241749854/victorian-stamped-brass-candy-tongs-one?ref=market

 

[Slycer516]

Oh yes pretty cool thanks!

 

[sutphin]

TONGS FOR SURE .....

 

[Simon1]

With what looks like a cup on one end and an arm on the other, I would say "Sugar" tongs.
I have a similar pair Hallmarked PR.

 

[tamrock]

Let add another feather to the hat of the Villagenut and a hip,hip it's solved

 

[DCMatt]

These tongs came in boxes of chocolates in the early 20th C. In a time of no air conditioning and ladies wearing white gloves, removing a chocolate bonbon from the box could be a messy endeavor.

Your tongs appear to be un-used (not folded). Very cool find.

DCMatt