I believe it is a swaging tool for thin brass tubing for flaring the end.Schroedingers Bet XL,Craig Clayton

I believe it is a flame burner for burning chicken feathers stubbs when they are pulled out from plucking the chicken

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I believe it could be a machine tool oiler for a historical machine in or around the civil war era.

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I believe it is a whale oil lamp that works on the principle of the Kinnear Pat.

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I believe it is a whale oil lamp for a lighthouse to be used in the light at the top of the lighthouse.

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I believe it is a applicator for whale oil to be used on sheet metal.

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I believe it is a wool lift tong for removing wool from the dying kettle.

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I believe it could also be a early refractor meter to measure sugar content of fruit as it ripens.

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I believe it could also hold a small sheet of glass in the brass clamps and a 45 degree light is bounced across it to create a colour or prisim light to determine quality testing of paint or chemical components. Like a photo spectrometer

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I believe it could also be a early pin hole type of viewing device for looking at an eclipse of the sun.

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I believe it could also be an early turbidity meter where the white papaer is dipped in a solution and the refraction is measured by the 45 degree angle reflection

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I believe it could be a instrtrument to view photograph images on a angle for film chemical quality

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It could also be a wall mounted wool blanket or tapestery holder.

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I believe it could also be a wall mounted foot boot holder to keep the boots off of the floor to help drying.

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I believe it could be a wall mounted cast iron skillet handle holder.

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