Vintage Chrome Sugar Cube (or Ice Cube) Grabber with Bakelite Bulb wooden mixing paddle Floating in space

Floating in space

I think it's a pretty terrific frog to begin with

this one with what appears to be branching tree carved into the forehead

hand-carved dress form that would have been used by a tailor either making fine doll clothes or perhaps doll-scale sample garments--and quite a busy tailor they must have been as there are pin pricks all over it

I assume made by a kid in art class

Vintage Chrome Sugar Cube (or Ice Cube) Grabber with Bakelite Bulb wooden mixing paddle Floating in spaceAnother excellent, beautiful (and very fun to use) tool for the bar or for tea time. I believe this is technically a sugar cube grabber (and aren't sugar cubes a joyful thing?) but it could also be used for grabbing cocktail sized ice cubes. The bulb at the end of the handle is bakelite, the metal is chrome, and to use one just pulls up on the disc on the stem and the grabber opens. I believe it dates to 1940s and is still quite shiny and super smart