French antiques are amazing aren't they? They offer us French lessons on beauty, culture, history and give us hours of guessing game brain teasers. Yesterday's object could be used in many of the ways you described. I could see them as corn on the cob handles… how chic is that! But unfortunately they are not, and as I am giving one of them away I won't be eating my corn on the cob in chic style anytime soon.
Yesterday's French antique guessing game object is not the top part of a frame either.
Nor is it a rattle, nor a handle for one of them either. Nor is it used as a door hinge, though wouldn't that be beautiful. It isn't the handle for a letter opener, nor a sealing wax stamper, nor the top part of a walking cane.
Nor is it the top of an incense burner, nor is it the regal part of an urn and it isn't the part that screws on top of an old globe. But it could be.
Yesterday's French antique guessing game object is not part of a perfume bottle, nor a drawer pull, nor the screw to attach a lamp shade into the lamp. Nor is it….
a piece of a cutlery such as the handle for a fork, knife, nor a sugar spoon… even though I have a sugar spoon with the exact same design on top.
It isn't used as a party token, nor a game board piece, nor baked in a cake or used with food. Though I think all these guesses are brilliant and clever and very possible it isn't something to use with food.
Nor is it the top of a key.
Hey what are you doing here? This is serious business… no, it is not an antique piercing devise.
Nope, it ain't a hat pin, nor the decorative bit for a hair clip, a cuff link, nor a lapel pin… did I say that already?
I loved Kas' creative response:
"They were sewn into royal children's clothing so if a child of royal blood was ever kidnapped the child would pull them out of the lining of their frocks and toss them on the ground (like bread crumbs). The silver gilt helped them to shine in the moonlight making it easier for the royal guards to follow the trail and safely rescue the child."
But these French antique pieces are too heavy and would weigh down a child.
Yesterday's French antique guessing game object is not used as a watch winding stem nor part of a clock, nor a toothpick, nor for royalty to use as a Q-tip to clean out their ears. Chic gross!
It is not a finial for a teapot, nor a lamp. Though it is a decorative screw for something (that sounds a bit naughty doesn't it? Or at least suggestive. I can hear it now… I'll ask French Husband to do some sort of "Honey-do" and he'll ask me for a decorative screw. (Did I really write that??!!)
It isn't the top of a scepter, nor a crown topper (though it looks darn nice on top of this wooden crown). Ed of Willows had a great story too: "They are tiny flag pole toppers from Munchkin Land. The lion is simple but what looks like an angel is actually one of the flying monkeys, all cleaned up after the Wicked Which was killed."
The right answer and winner is Marie-Noelle who nailed it when she guessed (and she was the first one to guess it as such) "it is used as the top of a cork," a bottle stopper. Though the one I bought and showed you yesterday is missing the cap, and sized cork, and the bottle of 1969 Chateau Margot.
The one on the right is one that I have had for a long time, the other two (that I showed yesterday) are the ones I found recently at the French Brocante.
As you can see here. The one I own is on the right. The creative winning answer goes toLisa Boni who guessed they were music box dancers.
Congratulations Marie Noelle and Lisa Boni!
I hoped you enjoyed the French antique guessing game… don't be sad if you didn't win this time, there are millions of French antiques in France and this is just the tip of the ice berg of guessing games to come.
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