cogar, you do good! We all have many things to learn on here!
KC, I had not seem one like it before and did not notice the “
2 q t s” mark on it when I offered my opinion of what it was.
And 2ndly, given the fact that it looks to be made of cast steel with a ˝” flat base for placement “flush” on a flat surface …. the thought that it might be a “fruit juice extracting” press didn’t even cross my mind.
Without any legs on it and no esthetic design to the “casting” …. I hardly think it would have been appealing to some housewife for use as a “juice extractor” in her kitchen. And it is too damn small and labor intensive to be a commercial “fruit juice extractor”.
And just because a seller on “etsy” called his/her item a “
Vintage 19th century cheese/fruit press/juicer” ….. doesn’t prove it to be a Biblical fact. It is definitely a “press” of some type, but for “what” …. I don’t have a “clue”.
As far as the other one goes I can not “see”
what is not there, thus I have to rely on my learned knowledge and creative imagination to posit a “guess” as to what I think it might be. And iffen I’m wrong, that is good, … cause I get “smarter” each time I am proven wrong.
Citing/inferring another person’s opinion as “fact” without giving good reason for doing so is an act of utter silliness.
Cheers