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This stainless steel object looks like it belongs in a modern bowling alley, but its purpose isn’t meant to be knocked down.

 

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206 Responses

  1. MtrTech says:

    Dimensions would help but I'm guessing multifunction salt and pepper shaker. Shake salt out the top and grind pepper out the bottom. I'm guessing this because it's "not meant to be knocked down" and it's "bad luck" to spill the salt … Did I over think it??

  2. csalazar5 says:

    A letter opener!

  3. mary fay says:

    I think curtain hooks.

  4. Fran says:

    water faucet

  5. Marge says:

    Seam rippers

  6. Curpo says:

    Citrus peeler.

  7. sheila says:

    to peel citrus fruit open

  8. kimberly says:

    ummm lamps?

  9. Joni says:

    Rug hook

  10. Marilyn says:

    A sundial

  11. Alice Klundt says:

    bird

  12. dorothea richardson says:

    bottle opener

  13. kelly says:

    is it a faucet or weight for top of pressure cooker???

  14. Donna says:

    plastic bag opener (for frozen foods)

  15. Lisa says:

    Vaporizer/humidifier

  16. Penstress says:

    Bottle opener

  17. IP Freely says:

    guarantee you it's a trio of buttplugs.

  18. diane lane says:

    I think is is a weight that goes inside a window frame

  19. June Villapiano says:

    A meat deboner

  20. Estelle says:

    some type of hardware…………..fastens to wall and holds pics?

  21. Diane Szabad says:

    Looks like a modern day letter opener

  22. Lacy Farnell says:

    Citrus peeler

  23. Ash says:

    Citrus peeler!

  24. lynn says:

    orange peeler

  25. Julie3264 says:

    Cruet. (I hope I spelled it right!)

  26. Sherry says:

    Table Cloth Weights

  27. judi says:

    sectioner for grapefruit

  28. Melanie says:

    Letter Opener!

  29. Debbie W. says:

    Weights for in draperies.

  30. YoMa says:

    Drapery weights.

  31. Zany says:

    I am thinking shower curtain hooks?

  32. Sharon says:

    Letter opener

  33. Eneysis says:

    A decorative Pears.

  34. Sue says:

    I think is a lettuce holder.

  35. Toni says:

    It is an "apostrophe" orange peeler.

  36. Debi says:

    I agree a linen or drapery weight.

  37. Mary Lu says:

    Worry beads (a variation of the traditional round shape)

  38. Karli_Scripps says:

    Letter opener?

  39. Copppertonefox says:

    Knobs for cabinets

  40. Kenton Schassberger says:

    Cancas weight for anything that has a drapery canvas most likely oon furniatures that have drape that needs to hang down but if they want the waights to be seen as part of design

  41. Tom Geahan says:

    carving or wood working gouges

  42. RashaLK says:

    It looks like it would be a Watering Can for Plants, etc. That's what my first thought was when I saw it. Although I know it doesn't appear to have an opening to put water into it, I still think this is what it looks like to me. ^_^

  43. gail says:

    orange peelers

  44. Misty says:

    A crochet hook?

  45. Moonbeam says:

    Letter opener? Or maybe a pitcher of some kind. Whatever it is, it's probably some overpriced designer thing.

  46. nefertiti jones says:

    an apple corer

  47. Dianna says:

    How about a chair!

  48. ckeller says:

    Recipe holder

  49. karen says:

    orange peeler was my first thought even before seeing other guesses.

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