The answer: "It’s an analog of an ordinary slingshot. You shoot metal balls with it. Put one of the balls in the rubber sack and pull it back."
The answer: "It is an old device for making mayonnaise."
The answer: "It’s a foot-operated potato planter."
The answer: “I’m interested to know the context of receiving this gift. Because historically it was used to keep patients mouths open during surgery to prevent suffocation.”
The answer: "It’s music-on-hold for a home telephone. The phone was put on top of it to keep the caller entertained if the speaker had to put the call on hold for a while during a conversation."
The answer: "That is a counterweight for an old adjustable height chandelier/ceiling lamp."
The answer: "It’s “boning” from a corset."
The answer: "It’s a kite spindle. I used to have one. It seems like a reproduction of what they used to use from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s."
The answer: "Looks like a chimney pot (top of chimney). Probably removed when demolishing a house or upgrading the fireplace. If they’re attached to something underground, then they might be on top of a vent."
The answer: "It’s a handle for carrying books. The holes on the side would have 2 straps, which passed through the holes on each end and wrapped the book stack."
The answer: "It’s a gas heater (circa the 1930s-50s). You’re seeing the side (gas valve) and the back (flue opening — covered)".
The answer: "It is a snooker cue tipper. The cue is placed into the open end to straighten and shape the tip and the file is inserted into the open horizontal slot to make the tip perpendicular. Kinda like a pencil sharpener for a snooker cue."
The answer: "It’s a dress clip. Often worn in pairs and usually clipped on around the neck of a dress, blouse, or coat. Made so as to not make a hole in the cloth, as a brooch would do."
The answer: "It’s a baby food pusher, quite common in the 1800s — early 1900s."
The answer: "It’s a miners’ changing room. The hooks and baskets lift their work clothes up and out of the way of the next shift."
The answer: "It’s a vintage ski wax iron."
The answer: "It’s a lady’s reticule (a tiny handbag popular in the 19th-early 20th century)."
The answer: "It’s a folding tie rack."
The answer: "It’s an operating room light with some missing pieces."
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