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    Posted 8 years ago

    across03
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    My sisters and I are in the process of divvying up my mohter silver and we came across this interesting piece. In the photo, the top picture is a tea strainer spoon but the one on the bottom is a mystery. It is hollow, with sort of a blow-hole on one end, and the other end has several small holes. I think it may have been used to blow into one's cream or milk to froth it.
    Does anyone know if that's what it is and if not, what is it?

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    1. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Yerba mate bombilla!
    2. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      http://www.silvercollection.it/pagina190.html
    3. across03, 8 years ago
      Oh my gosh, that's excatly right! Can you elaborate on how these are used and to what point they date back to? I am assuming that it was my grandmothers and that its from the early 1900s. But it could also be from the other side of the family which included relatives that were enbassadors to Tripoli in the mid 1800s.
    4. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Alpaca-Argentina-Industria-Yerba-Mate-Tea-Gourd-Bombilla-Straw-800-18K-/221710333339
    5. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Hehe, you have a start to your research now ;-)
      Welcome to CW!
    6. across03, 8 years ago
      Wow. Thank you, kyratango, for the insight!! I read through the link and see that it is of South American influence. I also had relatives that traveled in SA extensively, so that solves the mystery!!! My sisters will be pleased (of course, since we're divyying up the silver, I think I'll choose this piece now!!) - we've been coming across this piece for years without figuring out what it is!
    7. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Perhaps you have the gourd/cup somewhere thinking it is a vase and now know it goes with the bombilla :-)

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