Does anyone know what this is?

[Mike N]

Purchased at FATC Meet today. Hint: it is not fishing related. Dean and Ed were with me when I acquired it and are ineligible to guess.

[Midway Tommy D]

I'm guessing some sort of a grater/sifter type tool, maybe? You would grate from the top through the wire mesh and pour the fines out of the hole in the end. Probably not specific enough, though.

[Mike N]

Hint #2: Ed P’s keen eye noticed that the stamp in the 4th photo appeared to be a bomber plane. My research turned up this 1946 US airmail stamp featuring a DC-4 in red ink, which possibly tells us about when this item was mailed. It was found in a house in Connecticut.

[john elder]

Tobacco grater?

[Mike N]

Two reasonable guesses, but 0-2.

[Mike N]

Here is a photo from a YouTube video showing how it’s used, even today..



Box to mail a queen bee and worker bees to a beekeeper.

[Midway Tommy D]

Interesting! Never heard of such a thing, but then I haven't had much participation or interest in bee keeping.

[Mike N]

There is a Heddon beekeepers catalog on one of the tables in St. Augustine. Unreal.

[Paul Roberts]

I recognized it. My wife has been a long time beekeeper.