At least that’s what I assume they are. My boyfriend got me this collection of utensils for Solstice, and they’re quite attractive, but neither he nor I are quite sure what they are.
Any help is appreciated.
At least that’s what I assume they are. My boyfriend got me this collection of utensils for Solstice, and they’re quite attractive, but neither he nor I are quite sure what they are.
Any help is appreciated.
Laying them flat on the table might help…
I see a can/bottle opener (second from right) and a spearing fork next to it.
The big silver thing looks like it might be an eggcup, but if that’s a handle on it, I doubt it.
I can’t make out the others.
There are two photos in the link, where the second one shows them (except for the bottle opener, which is the only one we could identify) lying on the table.
It’s a bar set.
Olive fork, ice tongs, strainer, jigger, ice pick & bottle opener
Do the bell-shaped parts of that big funnel thing connect through the middle, or are they two closed cups?
(also, it’s more than one set, isn’t it?)
AFAICT it’s just one set. Also, the two bell-shaped parts don’t communicate.
ZipperJJ, could you tell me which is which and what they’re for?
Are the bell-shaped things perhaps measuring cups of some kind.
(ETA: I searched and saw that’s what a jigger is)
I think it must originally have been made up from parts of two different sets - there are two very different styles of handle in evidence.
Left to right:
Olive fork, for picking olives out of a jar.
Tongs, for picking up ice cubes.
Strainer, to place over the top of a mixing jar so that you can pour out the liquid while leaving the ice in the jar.
Jigger, for measuring liquor; generally a one ounce portion and a one and a half ounce portion.
Bottom:
Ice pick, for breaking up big chunks of ice.
Oh, wow, I have an ice pick now? Maybe I can meet Perry Mason!
That’s what I’d call it, too, although I wasn’t sure what the fork was for until you mentioned it, ZipperJJ.
ZipperJJ pretty much identified them from left to right on the table, with the ice pick in front. The olive fork is for spearing olives from the jar to add to a martini; the ice tongs for picking up ice cubes; strainer for leaving the ice in the mixing container after chilling the ingredients of some drinks; a jigger is a fancy shot glass…usually single shot on one end and half-shot on the other; the ice pick is for flaking pieces off of block ice.
Or Leon Trotsky
Yeah, what they said. The olive fork and jigger also have claws at the end of the handle for something, but I’m not sure what. I am gonna guess they’re for opening lids, like you’d find on the top of a mason jar (you know, the flat part of the lid that’s been sealed with wax).
I also want to point out that I feel very hip and chic right now knowing that I knew more about a fancy old bar set than a couple of hip young gay guys did. You fellas owe me a martini
My vote is “to look fancy.”
I’m sure you are right. they seem to be sort of copying sword handles. And the “claws” on the jigger are too close to the cups to be useful.
I’ll say “pry out the eyeball.”