Interesting

[bman3725]

Found this in some jewelry from an estate sale. The pearls are actually real and old. The bell on the inside doesn't seem to belong with the rest, but the small tweezers do. Any ideas?

 

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[Paleopilot]

What does the inside of the "bell cover/lid" look like? I'm thinking desk-clerk or butler summons.

 

[302guy]

What does the inside of the "bell cover/lid" look like? I'm thinking desk-clerk or butler summons.

I was thinking the same thing. Like the tweezers are actually a clip and maybe the bell was replaceable.

 

[releventchair]

Bowl for sugar cubes with tool to pick them up?

 

[Bryanhashemi]

maybe something for a hooka. small hot coals put in it and the "tweezers" would pick it up and put them on the hooka. Just a guess

 

[302guy]

Bowl for sugar cubes with tool to pick them up?

yeah, like an old Absinthe kit.....and ring the bell to scare away the demons...LOL

 

[OUTCOME1]

OLD PICKEL JAR??...WE HAVE A FEW IN OUR SHOP. THIS ONE LOOKS A BIT DIFFERENT.

 

[DCMatt]

I believe those are "pill tweezers" with the box. It may just be a fancy pill box. (Insert song here: She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper. And it helps her on her way...)



DCMatt

 

[randazzo1]

Hi - if it's as small as I think it is, then it may very well be a saccharin bowl/ pot. They were often made of sterling silver because they were so small. The teeney tongs are the real give away for saccharin. If they pearls are truly real pearls, then that is a very, very interesting, exotic, unusual piece and it must be sterling. That's my two cents anyway.

 

[sasnz]

Have to agree with relevantchair. Suger bowl with tongs for the Cubes. The bell is a seperate item.

 

[Subchaser]

Looks kinda like this type.

 

[old digger]

Have to agree with relevantchair. Suger bowl with tongs for the Cubes. The bell is a seperate item.

Have to agree also, sugar bowl with tongs. My mother had one almost the same if not the same when I was a young tyke.




Here's one for reference.

 

[wainzoid]

I believe those are "pill tweezers" with the box. It may just be a fancy pill box. (Insert song here: She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper. And it helps her on her way...)

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DCMatt

One pill makes you larger
and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Dont do anything at all

 

[randazzo1]

Found it - definitely a Saccahrine bowl. I'm telling you, its the tiny tweezers that give them away. Saccahrine was so sweet, that just a tiny fleck made up for a whole cube of sugar. Of course it also fried your brain. Here is a very similar example on good old ebay Gold Tone Metal Tiny Saccharin Bowl Server with Tongs Lion Handles Paw Feet | eBay

 

[randazzo1]

Found it - definitely a Saccahrine bowl. I'm telling you, its the tiny tweezers that give them away. Saccahrine was so sweet, that just a tiny fleck made up for a whole cube of sugar. Of course it also fried your brain. Here is a very similar example on good old ebay Gold Tone Metal Tiny Saccharin Bowl Server with Tongs Lion Handles Paw Feet | eBay

More examples Saccharin Bowl with Tongs by Web

 

[bman3725]

The top is also a bell, it appears to be brass. Sorry I forgot to post pics with a coin for size estimates but the diameter is a lil larger than say a Morgan/Peace dollar

 

[bman3725]

Thanks rand you nailed it