Any ideas what this is?

[john37115]

Found this at an old house place from the mid 1800's. Look familar to anyone?

 

[deepskyal]

Underside view...size Material?

Could help the ID process.

Al

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

the ones i have came off an old dinner knife.

 

[dneyedli@res1.mts.net]

If they are really thin, then I would say "Chocolate tongs"
Dave.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

sorry, not enough coffee...the pic i posted is of the sterling silver handles off a dinner knife.
like candle holders, these were filled to give the knife weight.

should have just said, knife or fork handles.

 

[plainsman]

Could they have been fancy fans.

 

[Noodle]

Agree, need material and size. Wood? Metal? Clay/porcelain? They look wooden to me... which could be the handle to an old fashioned silk fan.

 

[NGE]

They look like celluoid to me....NGE

 

[john37115]

They are made of brass. The two pieces went together as one like a handle and had a piece of iron in the center for stiffening like a knife handle. I have included a pic of the bottom side with the iron piece that went between the two sides.

 

[Montana Jim]

If they are really thin, then I would say "Chocolate tongs"
Dave.

You nailed it...   bent flat and also used for sugar cubes - But you nailed it.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,78847.0.html

There could have been a third "springy" piece holding them together... probebly steel and rusted away. Ot maybe they just broke in the middle.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

i took the sterling off a ruined table knife...tongs are a possibility.