What In The Hell Is That?

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21 Responses to What In The Hell Is That?

  1. Hi, we think it a antique letter /mail holder.

  2. Tom Towne says:

    Letter box for the desk

  3. Sarrah Stutzman says:

    It is a recipe card holder. It holds stacks of those index cards people write recipes on.

  4. DON says:

    It is a desk mail box!

  5. Tamara Kerr says:

    An antique letter holder/mail

  6. tracy says:

    glove box ?

  7. cyndy says:

    This is a match safe. It was used to keep matches high and dry for use by the hearth/wood/cook stove.

  8. Ms. Hancock says:

    A French bronze desk accessory.

  9. coffeeguy says:

    letter holder badly antiqued with a 1960s paint.. too bad the patina would be great ..art deco and sweet.. strip it and let it sit outside in water to age cheers circa 1920 ?? cheers

  10. Lydia says:

    letter holder

  11. GaiaOne says:

    It looks like part of a desk set to hold outgoing correspondence.

  12. Monica Q says:

    a letter holder

  13. Jane Hines says:

    I think it is probably a mail holder

  14. Jennifer says:

    This is a bronze letter holder made by the artist Albert Marionnet.

  15. VicKyT says:

    Comb/brush holder

  16. Lynnette says:

    Looks like an item my grandmother used to hold matches to light the wood burning stove. Later my mother used it by the fireplace for the same purpose. It held the long matches.

  17. Willow says:

    Hankie holder?

  18. don wilcox says:

    fireplace/woodstove match holder

  19. Terry White says:

    A box to put kleenex in

  20. Debbie Colburn says:

    It’s a letter holder, right? Or for recipes? :)

  21. Beatrice Melon says:

    It looks like an old hanging or sitting incoming/outgoing mail organizer.

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