What In The Hell Is That?

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44 Responses to What In The Hell Is That?

  1. Ann says:

    The pictured items are porringers.

  2. micki says:

    I think they are olive pit holders-you know after you have an olive and you have to spit out the pit?? just guessing

  3. Shane says:

    Such cute little ashtray and snifters!

  4. Craig says:

    They are pliers for building fences.

  5. carolyn sain says:

    nail puller or nail snip

  6. Dorothy says:

    They are for poached eggs although I don’t know what they are called. My grandmother had some.

  7. Kathy says:

    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!

  8. Kathy says:

    egg poaching cups

  9. A Starbuck Lady says:

    They look like they could be used as individual salt dishes to me.

  10. BlueMan says:

    They are used to pour warm water into the chalice during the Orthodox Christian Divine Liturgy (Mass).

  11. James says:

    They’re Celtic… and they’re bowls or cups… the handle is so you can pick it up and drink what’s in it…

  12. Julie says:

    Salt cellars

  13. Autumn says:

    These are definitely porringers. Good job, Ann.

  14. Jackie says:

    coin holders.

  15. Kris says:

    Portable drinking cups. They all sit in to each other and the contents of a flask or hipper is emptied in to them

  16. Westyvw says:

    They are Sommelier Cups.

  17. laura summerson says:

    They are containers that hold a glass dish that butter is then put in.
    Laura

  18. Jim says:

    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.

  19. Tina says:

    They are tastevins used for wine tasting.

  20. Linda says:

    Maybe they’re used to melt butter in?

  21. Natalie says:

    In our Russian Orthodox church, they are used for sipping warmed wine right after receiving communion.

  22. Patricia says:

    Definitely porringers.
    I received two for new-baby gifts. The little dear had very fancy antique-like bowls for his first baby porridge!
    Pat

  23. karen izy. says:

    Porringers, originally made out of pewter

  24. karen izy. says:

    porringers, originally cast in pewter

  25. Megan says:

    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.

  26. norma brink says:

    These are for holding teabags after dunking. They usually come with a small strainer that fits over the top. Used in England

  27. Judy says:

    I believe these are for picking up bread crumbs on the table cloth used with a soft brush.

  28. Linda says:

    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.

  29. Cheryl Cockrell says:

    I sold some in an estate sale that I gave. They’re Sommelier Cups for wine tasting. Cheryl

  30. Mona says:

    They are wine tasters … mostly used by professional winemakers.

  31. miles says:

    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.

  32. Max says:

    They are for poached eggs although I don’t know what they are called. My grandmother had some.

  33. david says:

    the are pewter porringers. if you google that, you’ll see a number of examples very similar to the ones pictured here.

  34. scott says:

    egg poachers !! have a set just like them~~

  35. Susan says:

    salt cellars (agree with #12)

  36. Walter says:

    Are the little metal cups used for poaching eggs called porringers?

  37. Ann Tracy says:

    they are wine holders… you place a bottle of wine on them so that the bottle doesn’t leave a stain on the table

  38. Tom Towne says:

    Egg poaching cups ….sit in holes of a ring over a sauce pan of boiling water

  39. Lucinda says:

    http://www.shirleypewtershop.com/baby-gifts-baby-porringers.html
    pewter porringers are small low dishes, originally used by Colonial Americans and Europeans

  40. Alison says:

    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.

  41. Beatrice Melon says:

    Snack (nuts) tray and can also be used for coasters.

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