✅ SOLVED whatsit?

[pippinwhitepaws]

while I can normally identify old tools an such...this one is a first?
rose wood handles, 11+ inches closed...opened, it forms a rough 2 3/16th square.
solid brass, nickel plated.

 

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[GMD52]

Would a jar top fit in that opening, it might be a tool to unscrew a top? It appears to be in really good shape.

 

[BryanM362]

A nut cracker?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

ouch!

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

there are no wear patterns inside the square...
if it is a nut cracker...I don't wanna meet the nuts...
no wear pattern for opening a round object.
the wear patterns on the handles suggest much use...inside the square, all the plating is gone...yet, no definitive wear pattern...

yes, it is in fantastic shape...I went over it with a loupe, no markings at all...

 

[BryanM362]

ouch!

Wrong kind of nuts BigC!

 

[reale bill]

lemon squeezer ?

 

[GpSnoopy]

You beat me to it, reale bill.

This 1881 Joseph Steber Lemon Squeezer was on fleabay and I found a cast iron version here....

Steber 1881 Cast Iron Lemon Squeezer

Google Patent

Patent US240858 - STEBER - Google Patents

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

cool...thanks guys.

 

[capt-zero]

Now we know why all the plating is gone.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

You beat me to it, reale bill.

This 1881 Joseph Steber Lemon Squeezer was on fleabay and I found a cast iron version here....

Steber 1881 Cast Iron Lemon Squeezer

Google Patent

Patent US240858 - STEBER - Google Patents

Show 'em how its done, Snoopy. Good guess reale bill.