They are egg poaching cups, probably part of a set of five or six that fit into a rack which sits atop a large skillet. Fill cups with egg, fill skillet with water, cover with lid and poach away!
They are for wine tasting, for checking clarity. Use right side up for white wine and upside down (as the middle one)for red. Fill the depression and reflect light off of the bottom.
The “tool” I beleive is for cutting the nails of the shoes of a horse once you have re-shoed them. My grandfather had something like it and that is what he told me.
The tool is a fencing plier. It is a multi tool for putting up fences, the blunt side can be used as a hammer, the pointed side can be used to pull fence staples out or to hook the loop end of a fence clip, the jaws cut wire, the jaws hold a nail to pull it out.
These are definately tastevins that the french sommeliers used to use in wine cellars to test the taste and colour of the wine. You can still see waiters in the french restaurants wear these around thier necks, more for tradition than for use.
The pictured items are porringers.
I think they are olive pit holders-you know after you have an olive and you have to spit out the pit?? just guessing
Such cute little ashtray and snifters!
They are pliers for building fences.
nail puller or nail snip
They are for poached eggs although I don’t know what they are called. My grandmother had some.
They are egg poaching cups, probably part of a set of five or six that fit into a rack which sits atop a large skillet. Fill cups with egg, fill skillet with water, cover with lid and poach away!
egg poaching cups
They look like they could be used as individual salt dishes to me.
They are used to pour warm water into the chalice during the Orthodox Christian Divine Liturgy (Mass).
They’re Celtic… and they’re bowls or cups… the handle is so you can pick it up and drink what’s in it…
Salt cellars
These are definitely porringers. Good job, Ann.
For wine tasting
coin holders.
Portable drinking cups. They all sit in to each other and the contents of a flask or hipper is emptied in to them
They are Sommelier Cups.
They are containers that hold a glass dish that butter is then put in.
Laura
They are for wine tasting, for checking clarity. Use right side up for white wine and upside down (as the middle one)for red. Fill the depression and reflect light off of the bottom.
They are tastevins used for wine tasting.
Maybe they’re used to melt butter in?
In our Russian Orthodox church, they are used for sipping warmed wine right after receiving communion.
Definitely porringers.
I received two for new-baby gifts. The little dear had very fancy antique-like bowls for his first baby porridge!
Pat
Porringers, originally made out of pewter
porringers, originally cast in pewter
The “tool” I beleive is for cutting the nails of the shoes of a horse once you have re-shoed them. My grandfather had something like it and that is what he told me.
These are for holding teabags after dunking. They usually come with a small strainer that fits over the top. Used in England
I believe these are for picking up bread crumbs on the table cloth used with a soft brush.
The tool is a fencing plier. It is a multi tool for putting up fences, the blunt side can be used as a hammer, the pointed side can be used to pull fence staples out or to hook the loop end of a fence clip, the jaws cut wire, the jaws hold a nail to pull it out.
I sold some in an estate sale that I gave. They’re Sommelier Cups for wine tasting. Cheryl
They are wine tasters … mostly used by professional winemakers.
These are definately tastevins that the french sommeliers used to use in wine cellars to test the taste and colour of the wine. You can still see waiters in the french restaurants wear these around thier necks, more for tradition than for use.
They are for poached eggs although I don’t know what they are called. My grandmother had some.
the are pewter porringers. if you google that, you’ll see a number of examples very similar to the ones pictured here.
egg poachers !! have a set just like them~~
salt cellars (agree with #12)
Are the little metal cups used for poaching eggs called porringers?
Ah ha!:
http://www.boswells-online.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/boswells/_20006045/114124/Six%20Hole%20Egg%20Poacher
Here ya go!:
http://www.sallybernstein.com/food/columns/corn/poached_eggs.htm
they are wine holders… you place a bottle of wine on them so that the bottle doesn’t leave a stain on the table
Egg poaching cups ….sit in holes of a ring over a sauce pan of boiling water
http://www.shirleypewtershop.com/baby-gifts-baby-porringers.html
pewter porringers are small low dishes, originally used by Colonial Americans and Europeans
If they are of a “modern” metal composition then used tea bag holders, my grandma had some she brought back from England in the 1950′s.
Snack (nuts) tray and can also be used for coasters.