Stainless or Sterling? Dinner or pastryware? Bottling/Wine? What is it?

[pjw73nh]

Hello. I was visiting a friend of mine in MS and she inherited the contents of a dining room hutch from her grandmother. Among the items in it was this item. It is hollow. The handle is heavy (like a cake knife handle) and the item has graduation marks of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50. The 20 and 25 has what look like "use or wear" marks around them. I have no idea what it is. i was thinking something to do with specific gravity (float). Ice cream cone mold, something to do with bottling. I just have no idea. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

P.

 

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[CoolFrayers]

Maybe it's a mid-wives tool, and the measurements are in centimeters? Don't know just guessing. Disgusting thought, if so, why in the dining room hutch?

With wear marks on it? ewwwwwwwwwww, LMAO!!

 

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[NGE]

OMG! You're soo phunny.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

All joking aside, a jewelry bracelet mandrel will go from about 1-1/2 inch diameter to about 2- 3/4 inch dia.
Pjw, could you measure at about the 50 mark to see what diameter it is? Thank you. We will figure it out.

Also the circumference maybe to try and figure this measurement number.

 

[al-nm]

mother in law had one. it came with a cone shaped sifter. you use that inside it for canning fruit. they were also made in wood. could roll it around inside the sifter to thin the product. think if you find some older 40s 50s canning supplies you might find one of those. if you have a old kerr mason jars those numbers on the side of that will prob match up pretty well. sorry tried to find one online but no luck all they show is the woodern dowels.

 

[NGE]

Just got back from my M-in-Law's, she said maybe used for measuring pleats in draperies, just wrap material around the size you want then stitch ends together. However my Bro-in-law says it would be for measuring the inside diameter of something like piping or sizing bottles or jars. Just a couple more idears......

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

However my Bro-in-law says it would be for measuring the inside diameter of something like piping or sizing bottles or jars. Just a couple more idears......

The two bottom sizes were used most. Size 20 and size 25. But is it diameter or circumference? Is it diameter in mm's maybe?

mother in law had one. it came with a cone shaped sifter. you use that inside it for canning fruit. they were also made in wood. could roll it around inside the sifter to thin the product. think if you find some older 40s 50s canning supplies you might find one of those. if you have a old kerr mason jars those numbers on the side of that will prob match up pretty well. sorry tried to find one online but no luck all they show is the woodern dowels.

I googles images for canning and can find nothing. Can you show a link or pic of the wooden ones you found?

 

[al-nm]

the wooden ones i spoke of arent the same. wife says her brother has the one her mom had. she called it a de-seeder?? she always used it making jellies etc. still trying to find one online to get the real name of it. the sifter was cone shaped could set the bottom down into the jar then run that into the bottom of the sifter rolling it around. would seperate the seeds and juices. she said the marks were basicly used to show how much to pour into the sifter. I am no cook lol so sorry cant be more helpful just relaying what wife said the second she saw the picture you show. she used one many times helping her mom. the stainless steel one like your was pre wwII she said the reason you dont find many is because when the war broke out those were pulled since all metals were used for the war. thus the wooden ones came out. so you may have something there. Prob not to many exist now. ferrous shows the wooden one below.

 

[Ferrous]

Possibly for canning? You might ck the device in a Mason jar opening to see if any numbers match the opening. Best I could do.
Ferrous

 

[dg39]

Possibly for canning? You might ck the device in a Mason jar opening to see if any numbers match the opening. Best I could do.
Ferrous

Thats what I said I thought it was in the beginning of the thread. post #4

DG

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yea dg39 said it. Somehow I missed it.
Ok there are plenty on eBay. Its called a pestle and it works with the sieve to mash fruits, berries; make applesauce, tomato sauce, jellies etc. Sometimes called a berry masher and strains out the seeds before canning. Most people now use a blender.
I agree that this is probably it but I cannot find a steel one and I dont understand why the wear rings on the first 2 numbers?

pjw, can you find the sieve?

 

[flyinguy]

donut hole sizer. " i'll have a # 50 donut hole, please.

 

[NGE]

Yeah, if it were not for da numbers, post #4 would have gotten it.

 

[pjw73nh]

Thank you all for the help with identifying this item. A few members had asked me to check for specifics on the item. Magnet, measuring the diameter at the 50 Etc. I sent the request to my friend in MS (she has the item, I am in NH) and have not heard from her. She may be out of town for the season, or may have missed my email. I appreciate all the help. I am going to post it over in the Antiques Forum of gardenweb and see if anyone over there has anything conclusive. Again, thanks for all the replies. What a great place...

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[DCMatt]

Someone mentioned this earlier in the thread:

Waffle cone shaper/roller

The top unscrews so it can be filled with hot or cold water. Also can be used for making cone shaped cookies. The numbers are used to keep the size consistent.

DCMatt

 

[Angelo]

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[pjw73nh]

DCMatt,

You da man. Bingo. Thanks so much to all.

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PS. Still curious about the wear marks on the lower two gradations. Hmmmm? Puzzled. Maybe for storing or heating/cooling it?

 

[DCMatt]

DCMatt,

You da man. Bingo. Thanks so much to all.

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PS. Still curious about the wear marks on the lower two gradations. Hmmmm? Puzzled. Maybe for storing or heating/cooling it?

Maybe grandma had a couple of "company only" or holiday specialities where the tuile cones had to be just the right size. She would wrap the pastry around the shaping tool and trim off the excess so each one was exactly the same (leaving the marks as she trimmed). MMmmm, gotta love grandma's cooking...

DCMatt

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Same-sex inseminater? Is that a word? Sorry, just got off working my first night at the college bar. If I had shown a picture of that there, you would have gotten a lot stranger comments.
CurbdiggerCarl

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I think its SOLVED by DCMatt.