It is false to think that people in the past were less imaginative than people like you and me. Their creativity was sufficiently developed to provide a diverse array of objects, some functional and others, well, very bizarre.

One such inherited item was a reusable tablet used for body cleansing. Along with other curiosities, there were automobile vases, a device to measure applause volume, a pocket sundial, and a toaster fork.

You’ll discover a limited selection of antique accessories here, many of which are first unclear to modern consumers as to their intended use.

1. A vehicle vase

2.Reusable cocktail pick

3.An apparatus for making rotary phone calls

4.A circular calculator that operates mechanically

5.An ice pick with a hook

6.Victorian-style spoon for ice cream

7.A play laundry

8.A sundial for pocket

9.A necklace with a perfume flask

10.”This is an egg shell topper cutter that was discovered beneath a nineteenth-century home’s floor.”

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