#3 Its a nutcracker with a couple of nutpicks to get the meat out of the nuts. Its not a Lobster cracker. Although you can use it on the claws, it does a bad job. Might as well go with pliers. Not a good answer.
“Found this in a kitchen utensil box at a thrift store. Any idea what this oddly beautiful object is for?”
Answer: “That is a soap swisher. You can put a solid bar of soap (or many scraps of soap) in the cage portion and swish it around in the water, creating soapy water for washing dishes and such.”
#3 Its a nutcracker with a couple of nutpicks to get the meat out of the nuts. Its not a Lobster cracker. Although you can use it on the claws, it does a bad job. Might as well go with pliers. Not a good answer.
Corn Remover. Cut the kernels from the cob.
It's for both. Also good for squeezing citrus, cracking eggshells, and breaking bones. Not everything has ONE purpose.
It's both, and good on crab... although with lots of crab/lobster consumed a person gets good enough not to need anything but teeth.