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Title: Crumb Scraper from a Chinese Restaurant... or is it?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on November 30, 2010, 06:39:05 PM

Second catch of the day-

I think this is a crumb scraper for scraping crumbs off a linen table cloth, from a Chinese restaurant... or am I wrong? It's made of some kind of pressed metal.

(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x124/talesofthesevenseas/ChineseCrumbScraper1.jpg)

(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x124/talesofthesevenseas/ChineseCrumbScraper2.jpg)

Title: Re: Crumb Scraper from a Chinese Restaurant... or is it?
Post by: wendy177 on November 30, 2010, 06:56:09 PM

looks like the back had a piece like the front that is missing and could have held a blade maybe.  Really cool looking, but to scrape crumbs the back side would face the customer sitting at the table.

Title: Re: Crumb Scraper from a Chinese Restaurant... or is it?
Post by: KC on November 30, 2010, 08:50:34 PM

Agree something is missing....

Title: Re: Crumb Scraper from a Chinese Restaurant... or is it?
Post by: waywardangler on November 30, 2010, 10:29:17 PM

I believe that is the crumb catcher and what is missing is the crumb brush?

Title: Re: Crumb Scraper from a Chinese Restaurant... or is it?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on December 01, 2010, 12:46:06 AM

Yeah it looks like the back is off of it. I wasn't sure what the heck it was, but was intrigued enough to risk a dollar and change for it. Guess I'll donate this one back to the thrift store!

Title: Re: Crumb Scraper from a Chinese Restaurant... or is it?
Post by: cogar on December 01, 2010, 05:03:04 AM

Isn't that a little too fancy to be a "crumb scraper"? ??? ??? ???

Something that purdy ...... when it was new, .... one might call "restaurant medicine".

You know, ..... like "take one after every meal".  ;D ;D ;D ;D