bought this at a yardsale

[Tony12100]

I'm pretty sure it's silver/nickel plate...but what is it? Has tongs that go with it.

 

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[fyrffytr1]

Sugar caddy or some other condiment?

 

[ModernMiner]

For tea

 

[Butter Hat]

For tea

That would be my guess, too. It's hard to tell the size, though it looks big.

 

[cudamark]

The tongs look like ones I've used in a restaurant for escargot

 

[stefen]

I've often wondered why a people on TN buy things at garage or rummage sales not knowing what they are?

 

[coinsareawesome]

Stefen...
People usually buy stuff at yard sales not knowing what it is because they are curious, and they don't want to go home and look it up because they it might be very valuable and they are afraid that someone else is going to buy it.

 

[Butter Hat]

The tongs look like ones I've used in a restaurant for escargot

Yeah...but the other piece looks different. I wonder if they don't 'go' together?

Tongs same, serving plate different.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Hard to tell from the pictures but, if it's big enough it looks like a warmer, perhaps for a Teapot.

SS

 

[Tony12100]

Well I bought it because it was just a few bucks and it looks cool. Pretty much why most TN people buy stuff at sales. Geez

 

[duggap]

I've often wondered why a people on TN buy things at garage or rummage sales not knowing what they are?[/QUOT so we can resale them to people in Georgia.

 

[HuntinDog]

I think it is missing the top and it is a roll/bun/bread warmer for table service.

 

[Breezie]

It looks like a 'warmer' (buns, biscuits, bread, etc.) The earlier ones like pictured below, used to fold-up to keep the heat inside, then opened when placed on the table. Yours is the next generation of warmers that had a lid to keep the heat inside.

Neat score from a Yard Sale!
Breezie

 

[ModernMiner]

Well done Breezie.
-Doug-

 

[Hot zone]

I've often wondered why a people on TN buy things at garage or rummage sales not knowing what they are?

I always ask what is is.... That's the only way I will know if I can't live without it!

 

[Tony12100]

I did ask what it was but the people didn't speak english...no lie

 

[catherine1]

Anything at a yard sale is a deal. You can dicker it away. Double your $$$$.