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Plated Tongue Wellner
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:26 am
by silverfan
I often saw this item and thought it to be a spaghetti tongue. But it is actually not. Does anybody know the purpose?
Regards silverfan
Re: Plated Tongue Wellner
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:28 am
by dragonflywink
Perhaps egg tongs?
~Cheryl
Re: Plated Tongue Wellner
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:34 pm
by Bahner
Hello, this came out in 1933 under the name of "Alfess" and was offered as an all-purpose serving piece, eggs certainly being one possibility. It was one of three out-of-the-ordinary serving pieces made by Wellner at that time, the other two being "Backess" for cookies and "Spargess" for asparagus. Who came up with those names ? In German they sound just as silly as they probably do in other languages. Regards, Bahner
