Pipe Cleaning Tool?

[JonG]

I found this a long time ago. Cleaned it up and put it on a shelf. One person said it looked like a tool to clean a smoking pipe. It's 6 1/2 inches long, 7/16 inches wide in the middle and weighs 23 grams. It tested as silver.

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[rickv14623]

I do not think it is. Most pipe tools are multi-bladed things with a scraper and tamper. Not sure what it is though

 

[65chevy]

Reminds me of a letter opener my grandma use to have. It's cool looking.

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[calisdad]

Cool whatever it is. I don't see a pipe cleaning tool here but perhaps part of something like a stereoscope. Good Luck.

 

[tamrock]

I'm going with a antique sterling silver book marker / page turner...mid 19th century

 

[JonG]

The slots in the handle and the hand holding the flowers......... Just doesn't make sense.

 

[nhbenz]

Is the other side decorated too? -Just wondering if both sides were meant to be seen in whatever function this served.

 

[flinthunter]

Just a thought, maybe a one-of-a-kind piece made by a silversmith for his own use. Colonial pipes had long stems and when I googled colonial pipe tampers I saw a few with the tamper grasped in a fist, but they weren't long like yours.

 

[JonG]

Both sides are engraved.