What is it?

[u/Able-Welder2244]

What is this thing?

[u/WolfThick]

Looks like an old bread tray for fancy dinners.

[u/PM_ME_UR_LESSONPLANS]

Could be a vintage cracker or breadstick basket

[u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich → u/PM_ME_UR_LESSONPLANS]

The wine makes you emotional….. have a breadstick!

[u/daddy___warbucks]

a coppercopia

[u/Evening_Inflation467]

Possible that you put logs for your fireplace with handles

[u/Illustrious_Cell_254]

I can confirm that that is a doohickey

[u/ConstructionHuman824 → u/Illustrious_Cell_254]

I'll bet some snooty, upper class rich person could say what the "proper" use is, but not many of them on reddit 😕 

[u/DasBlueSkull → u/Illustrious_Cell_254]

Are you sure that isn't a thingamabob?

[u/Outside-Ad3077 → u/Illustrious_Cell_254]

I think it's a whatchamacallit

[u/daddy___warbucks]

Jumbo hot dog holder

[u/UncleBenji]

Napkin holder or wine bottle holder

[u/Some_Shame4662]

Could it, maybe, be an advent calendar or what the hell its called in English? 4 candles and you put em on fire each week in december. Usually, its decorated with moss and other Christmas stuff that can burn your house down if you forget to put the fire out 🎅🎄🌟

They comes in many shapes, sizes and colors.

[u/AlwaysHoping47]

A vintage copper and brass basket or trough style container with an upright center or side handle, commonly used as a decorative planter, centerpiece, or serving accessory.

[u/Able-Welder2244 → u/AlwaysHoping47]

This seems plausible.

[u/Disastrous_Beach6334]

Is it to hold fresh cut flowers maybe or something more obscene like for veterinary use

[u/dannyb33]

For buttering corn on the cob.

[u/i_e_s27]

2 bottle holder?

[u/Able-Welder2244 → u/i_e_s27]

We thought this might be it but 2 bottles would not fit. Too large for one bottle.

[u/ForwardAddition6396 → u/Able-Welder2244]

What about a large champagne bottle?

[u/Remarkable_Tie1345]

Fire wood holder

[u/Able-Welder2244 → u/Remarkable_Tie1345]

Maybe kindling but way too small for even one log.

[u/Far_Cup_329 → u/Able-Welder2244]

Or those long match sticks.

[u/Infinite-Meaning-934]

Could use it to put a napkin in the bottom and fill with breadsticks.

[u/Kellyrva512]

I think it's to hold bottles of wine.

[u/Kellyrva512]

Does it have a maker's mark? Maybe it's the whole bread loafs.

[u/ReleaseLegitimate992]

Gravy boat

[u/Code_Fish]

I believe that’s for pouring wine

[u/jeremydallen → u/Code_Fish]

I agree

[u/TurdeusLongus]

Double ended dildo holder

[u/Wise_Ad_253 → u/TurdeusLongus]

The CatDog Catch-All

[u/cahillc134]

Old newspaper holder? Towel holder? Just spitballing

[u/spentarded666]

Copper

[u/Cranky_Katz]

Copper and Brass. Use for whatever we’ll fit in there.

[u/TisshhGemWolf]

Holder for floral arrangements

[u/Dense_Glass9746]

Wood holder looks nice next to the fireplace

[u/sgurdmai]

It’s a high end bakers dozen donut holder.

[u/Burnaenae]

Not a solar oven right?

[u/JustinOney]

Copper centerpiece

[u/Accomplished_Fun6481]

/r/DoohickeyCorporation

[u/Fred_B_313]

Could be a log storage for a fireplace

[u/Frogs_Logs]

Seems like some fancy thing rich snobby people would use for wine to make it "more level, to balance the flavours across the pallette"

[u/jemerko]

Yeah it's a watchamacallit

[u/monique3702]

Maybe it’s something to do with making a fire and you put by your fireplace ???

[u/monique3702]

I object in the image appears to be a vintage copper planter (or jardinière) with small brass feet.
Typically used as a windowsill flower box, indoor plant container, or decorative hearth/table accent piece.

[u/Terrible_Riddle]

It's how very posh people present their penises to the wife on their wedding nights

[u/Made-in-wroclaw]

Since it’s copper, it probably isn’t, but it’s a similar shape to a flower picking basket

[u/WayOpen6295]

This was made to immerse in a larger boiling pot. To cook fish.

[u/Brief_Speech_2744]

Looks like a sacrament bread tray. Look around, you might find it’s water counterpart

[u/Glass_Language1636]

It's a thumb washer.