This specific item dates back to the 1880s, but ones like it are still used today in the most refined homes and establishments. What is it?
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Candle cutter.
Nutcracker
hmmmm, looks like it could cork a bottle of wine or champagne
It's an apple corer used to remove the core from apples.
it trims the end off a cigar?
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nutcracker.
wine opener!!! For sure.
Candle Snuffer?
olive pit extractor !
Nut cracker?
Here's another hint: gourmet chefs should know what this is.
Is it a bottle cork remover ?
wine bottle opener
Might this hold the end of say a chicken/turkey drumstick so carving the meat would be easier? Like a fancy set of fingers to 'hold' something…
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Wine bottle topper
A garden tool to plant flowers or bulbs or seeds for digging in soil.
Corkscrew.
Yes it does look like a cork screw to me too!