"This beautiful container holds string/yarn so the it doesn't get all tangled up."
Isn't this a beautiful one?
"Cricket holder. Nature's music box."
"It's a container to keep a false set of teeth over night. Back in the 1700s there was no dental hygiene. Therefore, those false teeth smelled really ugly and needed to be ventilated, so that the owner wouldn't faint when opening the box in the morning."
I searched the internet for a container for false teeth in silver… found some in pottery but not silver.
I did however find the above with the history of dentistry:
Via
"A 1700's collander! Strain your pasta, rice, orzo, rinse your veggies."
Nope.
Photo via Pinterest 18th century wigs
Photo via Pinterest 18th century wigs
"Powder shaker for one's wig."
Robin Williams said…
"Looks like two bunnies kissing on the front, so its a teeny, tiny bunny hutch-but the opener looks like a mustache. So different hair pieces for a man and a vain one at that."
I couldn't find any antique silver hair piece holders, but I did find famous beards…
Photo Via Click here, it is for sale too…
"A humidifier to put on the radiator or some heat source to add moisture to the room in the winter."
Debra said…
"Isn't it the container for burning incense priests use during mass? It is waved around the congregation during mass?"
Photo Via Hawkes Center pieces
The one I saw is not a flower frog, this one is amazing isn't it?
G thought is was for shaving cream.
Photo via Garlic holders not a one silver…
Mary Carrier and
"I am amazed no one has spotted this wonderful storage container for garlic in the kitchens of the rich. In the distant past garlic was only available to the rich so they displayed it with their treasure. In the day this container would have been be kept gleaming so as to impress those not fortunate enough to own this wonderful taste enhancer. Those who had garlic would spare no expense to maintain the freshness of this wonder."
Mimi T. guessed a hand warmer.
Part of a desk set to hold sealing wax?
If it was not for the size, I'd say, a tea egg… (well, in that case it would be a giant tea infuser. Or a container for spices for a giant bowl of stew.)
On the other hand, it might be a small cage for a fairy, with the holes for ventilation.
Or a container for fireflies, to have some light in the darkness of a warm summer night…
What is it????
"… Or it is just a container to keep a sponge."
Yes it is.
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"Your item is a sponge box, in the taste of similar objects made in France in the 18th century. In ancient times the set consisted of two spherical boxes (a soap box and a sponge box) often accompanying a silver shaving basin. The decorative piercing on the sponge box allowed air to circulate to dry the damp sponge. The unpierced box accommodated a piece of soap, which, in the eighteenth century, was purchased in a ball rather than a bar."
Giorgio Busetto
Bravo!!
The Creative Winner is
"It's to hold good thoughts…they can float out the tiny spaces when you need them."
And we need them
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Thank you everyone for your fantastic responses!!
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