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There were some interesting… as well as disturbing… guesses on this piece of crap.
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And a few people were almost there.
The answer –
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It’s a Pyrex removable pot handle.
Apparently back in the day you bought a set of bowls that could turn into pots and received one detachable handle.
Handleless pots and potless handles. There you have it.
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River's world..... 
Hoo boy! Am I glad to see that answer. I was thinking some kind of early medical device used by gynecologists’ and decided to wait for the answer …
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Ouch!
😳
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You could have given me 100 guesses and I’d never have gotten there.
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Then my work here is done.
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lol
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I am disappointed in you, Rg. When I asked if the metal coil, the clamp part, moved, you said just a little. It moves a whole 180° which is uch more than a little. Now seeing it in action, i have actually used a tool like this, only it did not have a glass handle, it was made of hard rubber. My mother, who died in 1958, had a set of pots similar to these, so it must have been a different brand, I guess. But by her death she had stored them away because other pots with built-on handles had become more popular. I have no idea what ever happened to them, i was only 8 years old, she had a lot of things that would be considered antiques today, including a non-electric steam irom that you had to fill with boiling water in a bell on top of the handle.
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Sorry. I only saw it for a short time before the husband packed it away in another box…
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Ok, you are forgiven. I knew all along I had seen something like it before, but the memory bank wasn’t allowing withdrawals until I saw it in action.
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I really thought it might be some kind of lighting device. People really had some interesting means of magnifying light sources back before electric lights were invented. Now it’s just too darn hard to find a place dark enough to see the night sky clearly.
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Northern Maine. Nothing but moose….
😉
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Pyrex!?!? Question is, where has that Pyrex handle been? 😆
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Some things are best left unexplored.
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It’s your fault that now Pyrex the Porno glass wear is thought of this way…lol.
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I know. I take full responsibility…
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🤣😆😝
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My mom had, Hell, probably still has, a set of corning ware casserole dishes with the detachable handle. We have three of the dishes, but no handle. That’s why I never use them.
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I was going to go with a 15th century chastity belt that doubled as a “self pleasuring” device. Huh. I sure was way off.
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I’m a little surprised how many minds went there… but then again, not.
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