Perplexing metal tools - any ideas?

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  1. Toph

    Toph New Member

    2715.jpg So, I have two antique, hand-wrought tools that I am trying to identify.

    I suspect the perforated item is cookware for a hearth from the 18th century.

    The other looks like a wok, to a certain extent, but I do not believe it is cookware.
    The reason I do not believe it is cookware is because the wood has no burns, persay.
    The split end appears to me to be a soot or residue perhaps.
    I will take a closer look at it tomorrow.
    The wood is very dense, and the item weighs five pounds.
    I cannot make sense of the hook if used in such a way.
    The opposite end of the wooden member is similarly formed.
    The dimensions on each end, from the end to the rivets to the hook, are identical.
    Perhaps the "bowl" was on one end, split, and was fitted onto the other end?
    Maybe it was used upright, like diagonally, to hang a lantern or something?

    I am at a loss!
    Any ideas?
     

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  2. LauraGarnet02

    LauraGarnet02 Well-Known Member

    You should probably give the diameter and also handle length of each item.

    I will just guess that the perforated item is a skillet splatter guard.
     
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  3. Toph

    Toph New Member

    1.jpg 2.jpg 3.jpg 4.jpg 5.jpg 6.jpg 7.jpg "Perforated Item"

    Metal piece:
    14" diameter
    1" depth
    15-16 gage thickness

    Wooden handle:
    1" diameter
    10 1/4" length

    "Metal Bowl with Hangar"

    Metal bowl:
    13" diameter +/-
    4" depth
    12-16 gage thickness

    Wooden handle:
    2" diameter
    22" length

    Connection of bowl to handle, all from the end:
    2 1/8" to first rivet
    3 1/4" to second rivet
    4 1/4" to hangar
    Again, the dimensions on either end of the handle are identical.
    This is what led me to believe it was originally fitted on the other end, and then refitted how it is now when the handle split.
    I thought, at first, that there may have been two fitted on the handle, but they would be facing opposite ways according to the flattened areas at each end of the handle.
    Just my guess.
     
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  4. Toph

    Toph New Member

    Found a listing for the perforated item claiming it to be an "antique 18th century wood and tin fireplace cooking griddle."
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/2545696634...VtK_wutC6GgmR_NU69KPhpNMtqDIpHI7SAkd4jo9Arejk

    I have doubts about it being tin, but I suppose it may be.
    I am hesitant to peel away the oxidation.
    To me, the oxidation appears to be an iron oxide, not a stannic oxide.
    I always thought iron oxide is red, stannic oxide is white, no?
    I will leave that to the experts to decide, though.

    The other is still a total mystery.
     
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    the other looks like a water ladle....or maybe for a wok...
     
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  6. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Does the strainer thing somehow fit on the hook to cover the scoop?
     
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  7. Toph

    Toph New Member

    Potentially! I have not found anything similar thus far that has the handle fastened on the inside of the bowl or a hangar of similar fashion.

    I tried to get them to, but they do not fit together. The perforated item is much higher quality craftsmanship than the other, so I will lean towards the idea that they are unrelated. Nice thought, though!
     
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