Posted 9 years ago
TOUSSAINT
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I bought this at a fete in Johannesburg South Africa.
It is on a wooden base and made from brass. It has the number 86-04-138
20cms long by 14 cms wide by 18cms high.
Can anybody tell me what it was used for?
1 suggestion was as a nutcracker!!
I rather think it could have been used as a seal press but cannot find anything on the internet to substantiate this.
Thumb-screw ? LOL
I've seen these offered on several websites as "steampunk" walnut crackers, so that one suggestion you got may be correct...
I found one South African company that manufactures this press, labeled as a nut cracker, on order; I have no idea if this is the original manufacturer of these or if they make reproductions, as they seem to produce mainly industrial and automotive machine components.
http://www.extratech.co.za/pages/products.html
(scroll down to miscellaneous)