Mystery of the Week

By Barbara Crews, About.com GuideJune 19, 2012

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I'm sure you can easily figure this out, but I was surprised to see one made of glass. Do you know what this is or when it was used?

Size: 6"

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Also see last week's Mystery Antique.

June 20, 2012 at 10:15 am (1) Joyce says:: Looks like a clamp-on handle for a corning ware cassorole which can also be used stove-top.
June 20, 2012 at 10:45 am (2) Helen says:: This is a cheese slicer.
June 20, 2012 at 11:15 am (3) diane says:: If memory serves, Grandma had one! Pyrex made them – handle for
casseroles. Haven’t seen one in a long time!
June 20, 2012 at 1:29 pm (4) Sukhmandir Kaur says:: I wouldn’t trust it to hold anything, especially not when hot.

June 20, 2012 at 2:02 pm (5) Patti says:: The guesses above are probably correct …. but the item reminds me of a curling iron my Grandma used. She’d heat it on the stove and then torture her granddaughters with it, fruitlessly trying to make our straight hair curly!! Ahhh, God love ya, Gram! xo
June 20, 2012 at 2:45 pm (6) John says:: Looks like maybe a dipstick to me.
June 20, 2012 at 2:59 pm (7) Karen says:: It’s a handle for the old clear blue Pyrex casseroles. I have 6 different sized ones and they still cook great on top of the stove and oven. The handles are very sturdy.
June 21, 2012 at 9:10 am (8) Elle says:: It is a handle for a corning ware pot.
June 21, 2012 at 3:53 pm (9) Shirley says:: It is a handle for the Pyrex Flameware range of casseroles, which, as Karen said, are blue in color.