Digging through "stuff" and having one of those "what do we have here then?" days

[ymeagainlord]

Brass, about 10" wide and say 3 1/2" deep, comes with a mallet.

I thought maybe a hand held "gong". Someone suggested a nutcracker, but I think it would be way too noisy.

Thoughts?

[nowthatsjustducky]

Miniature boxing ring bell perhaps?

[ittybitnot]

I was thinking bell as well especially if the center cone (for lack of a better word) holds the item off the table. 

[itsjustasprain]

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@nowthatsjustducky wrote:

Miniature boxing ring bell perhaps?

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No - dont think so - the finished side is on top.

I agree with the nutcracker theory. You fill the bowl with walnuts or something in shells. Pick your walnut - place it in the shallow cup in the center - whack it with the little mallet and you have it open.

[nowthatsjustducky]

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@itsjustasprain wrote:

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@nowthatsjustducky wrote:

Miniature boxing ring bell perhaps?

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No - dont think so - the finished side is on top.

I agree with the nutcracker theory. You fill the bowl with walnuts or something in shells. Pick your walnut - place it in the shallow cup in the center - whack it with the little mallet and you have it open.

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The shallow cup in the center looks too small for that.  Looks like unless you have 100% accuracy, all hitting a nut with a mallet there would do is send it flying across the room.

[ymeagainlord]

LMAO, that too. I'd imagine it could be a handheld WMD if you tried it with a brazil or macadamia nut.

It does give off a very good BONG sound when you whack the side while holding the "handle"

[llllady]

When in doubt, it's a thing-a-ma-jig.  🙂

[ymeagainlord]

LOL.

I don't know what gets into me, some of the stuff I pick up sometimes.

And the cashier at the TS says "what is that?" and I go "Dunno, but it's interesting" = )

[deep-garnet-red]

Definitely a nut bowl.

[llllady]

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@ymeagainlord wrote:
LOL.

I don't know what gets into me, some of the stuff I pick up sometimes.

And the cashier at the TS says "what is that?" and I go "Dunno, but it's interesting" = )

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LOL!

I'll tell you, that is one of those things where I wish my Lou were here.  He was the identifier of the weird, odd, strange, and he did it with pretty much 100% accuracy.    I, on the other hand, am like you!

[ymeagainlord]

Of course there is ONE surefire way to find out.......

List it as 'whatever' and within a day or so someone will message to say "btw that's NOT an xx, it's a y"

[pikabo-icu]

It looks like a hand held, brass bowl gong.

There's also some bowl nut crackers that look similar..

It's interesting for sure.. 

[ymeagainlord]

That was my initial thought, but a. it's heavy and b. why would you want to have to hold it while you whacked it?

[ersatz_sobriquet]

Ladies and gents, we must get with the times. My daughter a millennial, comes over last week and I ask her what would her generation like, and I start showing her things. We have a rollicking good time, there are tears in my eyes when I show her some things like a Josef Originals lady in a huge skirt with an umbrella and hat...

I show her a cut to clear rose bowl. Is that what she calls it? NO! She says, "It looks like it would be a good weed pot"

So I vote for "weed pot bowl". 

That little mallet would be great for knocking off the seeds.....

BTW I think it actually is a nut bowl, crazy as it would be with chunks of shell flying across the room. 

[nowthatsjustducky]

If she is having to deal with seeds, her source may be incompetent.