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My husband came home with a treasure the other day.
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He bought it a flea market from someone who had no idea what it was.
He paid $7.
Tasking me with research, I came up with this:
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And this:
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They both look exactly like what he brought home.
I have doubts about it being a tea whisk. The Japanese take their tea ceremonies seriously and I think their tool would be more decorative.
Either way, it seems to be worth more than $7.
What’s your guess?
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River's world..... 
Looks really interesting. May be a good find.
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It’s a conversation piece, for sure.
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It’s a cog for the time machine he’s building to take back each piece of antique crap, ahem, treasure to its appropriate time period.
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Wouldn’t that be lovely?
😊
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Its a doofer.
It’s used for doing things.
You’re most welcome
😉
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Definitely “Set-up Device for Circular Knitting Machine”. Patented by C. W. Crary. Patent #: 242,435 on June 7, 1881 (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-c1881-knitting-machine-set-2023516023). A Japanese tea whisk would not be made from metal but rather from bamboo.
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On that link scroll over to the last image for the patent information.
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Ours must be a knock off because it doesn’t have any of those markings.
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I am happy for you on your acquisition of a possible tea whisk. If my husband brought such a thing home, I would not be happy for me. But hey it seems like your hubby loves the hunt. And it truly is a conversation piece.
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You’re absolutely right. He loves the hunt but once he buys it, he loses interest immediately.
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Clearly a thingamibob – my grandma had loads of them!
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What more can you ask than a tool for both tea and knitting? What’s it worth? Whatever someone will pay for it. How much can you ask for it? Whatever you want. Has anyone paid $170 or $360 for one? Who knows?
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It’s an oddity we’ll probably put on our bar and make people guess its function.
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Sounds like a great use for it! Maybe you could use it as a muddler, as long as it’s at the bar.
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Cool!
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Junk? No wait, invaluable whisk from a different era. That’s my answer.
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A medieval mamogram torture device ?
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Ouch!
I hope not…
🤣
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If we’re going that direction, it looks more like a speculum used in female pelvic exams…
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As I am neither a woman nor a gynecologist I’ll take your word for it
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Ack!
😳
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Obviously a better mousetrap. You pop it on a mouse, and get the cat. Wait 5 minutes, pop up the trsp and bet on who wins.
In my right mind I would never think of that, it sould be very cruel. But tonight I amroasted after yet another 30+ evening. I can’t control my thoughts.
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Lord Dudley approves.
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I haven’t the foggiest, but I hope you sell it for lots of dough!
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As if he’d sell it.
😉
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I’ve never heard of anybody whisking their tea. Whisking their life maybe, if they go skydiving, but that’s neither here nor there.
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That was groan worthy.
Even from you…
🤣
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Yeah, I looked at my comment after posting it and said out loud, “Did you really just write that?”
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I was going to guess a Potato Masher but it does look more like a Whisk of some sort.
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I think the whisk is a bit of a dodgy internet scam. It’s definitely an insert for something, so we’ll go with the 2nd. I reckon the guy who sold it said he didn’t know what it was because he knew noone would be interested in buying it. Curiosity was thus piqued in your hubby, who, let’s face it would probably buy used gum. 😉
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Sad, but true….
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