what are these ???

Hi, these 2 have been in my family for as long as I can remember, would like some help with what they are and any other info, I seen something similar many years ago on the antiques roadshow, I'm not sure what they are made of as they are very light and seem hollow, and they need a good clean but dare not incase I damage them, also a value would be great once we find out what's what with them.

 

Kind of hard to tell from that photo but are they Chinese mud men?

 

Cool i thought they were Korean shrimpers as they are holding like metal net things, they are pretty old I need better pictures I think.

 

And switch the spell check off also.

 

Just FYI -- You may get answers in this forum, but you would probably get even more if you posted below in one of the topics listed under Antique Forums. The one called Antiques is a good one for items like this.

Here is a direct link: https://www.antiquers.com/forums/antique-discussion.8/

Some people will never look in this Announcements & Rules forum since it is really for ... announcements and rules related to the site.

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it looks like they are made of shell or something, ive googled and cant find anything like them

 

How about celluloid?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Jap...677?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27fe6f7065

 

awesome thanks, never heard of celluloid before, quiet old as well, thanks it helps if you know what to google.