what is it?

Welcome to another installment of "WHAT IS IT?" where I ask you my dears to help me identify an old but otherwise interesting vintage object and hopefully figure out it's proper usage. 

Without further ado, this is the item in question:

• The top part is made of brass that resembles a trivet
• It is16" high with metal legs
• It features a wooden handle

ok it does resemble a regular trivet but why the long legs?

what is it?

I come across lots of unusual stuff when I'm out thrifting. And the more weird, odd, strange, bizarre an item is the more I gravitate to it. Take for instance that strange helmet thingy that I couldn't list for the longest time and just finally had to make up some bogus description so that I could list it in my shop as it was taking up so much space in my storage room, and what do you know it got sold within a few days, guess it was that interesting.

Anyhow, I managed to acquire a small collection of unidentified vintage objects that are currently sitting in my basement waiting to be acknowledged, named, find it’s usage and then listed once and for all. I will be posting a piece here from time to time to see if I can get some help from you dear readers to identify them so that they could be set free and find their purpose in life.

So here's the first object in question;

three of them are about 4" long, one is longer at 5.5"
they have a small metal bowl on one end with a tiny little wire under
the handle is made of a bamboo branch of somekind

What are they?



p.s. thanks so much for all the lovely comments yesterday about the granny chic inspiration, today I am gathering and dusting all my granny chic goodness to photograph so I can do the update on Monday.