Featured Not antique - Blue acrylic lobster shaped piece - any ideas?

I know this isn't antique by any stretch of the imagination but I didn't know where else to post this thing.

I was curious if anyone has any ideas as to what this might have been used for or is it just a tschoke?

It is hard plastic, 5 3/8" long & 2 1/4" across the front claws. Not marked anywhere that I could find.



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!!

 

Is it a chopstick holder?

 

Massage tool?

 

@antidiem & @Bronwen - I tried searching both but found nothing that looks like this one.

Thanks for the ideas.

 

@Bronwen is correct.

Now I hope this link comes thru with the translation in English like it should (give it a couple of seconds to do the Russian to English translation please):

https://translate.yandex.com/translate?url=https://market.yandex.ru/product--massazher-dlia-tela-doktor-bania-rak-massazher-dlia-litsa-massazher-dlia-nog/980287086?lr=110512&cpa=1&lang=ru-en

 

how on earth did u find that ?

congrats !!

 

MAGIC I tell ya, pure magic! An image search.

 

Thanks, Wisc

 

The translation failed, but I can recognize the word 'massager' in the Russian.

 

Here's the translation @Bronwen:

Body massager Doctor Banya "Cancer" / face massager / foot massager

Briefly about the product

• massage area: lower back, thighs, legs, shoulders, back, arms, neck
• material: plastic

 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to @wiscbirddog!!

Look out @i need help your premiere position of being able to find obscure --it might be in jeopardy.

I would have never guessed this in a million years!!!

I swear I looked last night & was actually shocked at how many responses I got when I googled lobster massager. Who knew???

I will tell you I just tried to use it as a face massager & it sucks IMHO.

 

I don't think you have any worries INH!

 

I wonder if this is supposed to be a crab rather than a lobster which would explain the use of the word "cancer".

 

I wondered that too but the others I saw were an octopus & a turtle so don't think it is related to the zodiac. Plus, it looks like a lobster. Perhaps just a glitch in the Russian translation?

 

I have seen Renaissance art use a more scorpion/lobster type creature for Cancer, identifiable by its place in the lineup of astrological symbols.

 

Peggy, is it made of lucite?

 

It is translucent hard plastic. I am not sure you can tell if something is lucite or acrylic or generic hard plastic.

When I think of lucite I think of MCM stuff & this definitely does not fit into that era.

 

Not to dis your lobster there, but a massager? Really? With this concept I could pick up any plastic toy, roll it around on my neck and back and get a massage. It looks like it would hurt, especially on a thin person.

 

I did try to rub it on my face & it did hurt. So I stand by my earlier comment that it sucks.