03-01-2010, 08:19 PM
When I was a kid, my family had two matching cylinders like that.
They were made of walnut and both stained and laminated. They came from my grandma.
My mom never knew what they were. They sat on the bottom shelf of a display-unit along with grandma's good brass and silver.
One day, I noticed that one of the lidded brass pans had a couple of rings in the side that were just the right size for one of the cylinders. I slid it home and sure enough it fit. It was a removable handle for the pan... which I later discovered was actually a bed-warmer.
They were made of walnut and both stained and laminated. They came from my grandma.
My mom never knew what they were. They sat on the bottom shelf of a display-unit along with grandma's good brass and silver.
One day, I noticed that one of the lidded brass pans had a couple of rings in the side that were just the right size for one of the cylinders. I slid it home and sure enough it fit. It was a removable handle for the pan... which I later discovered was actually a bed-warmer.