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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10143312, member: 111"]This cute guy is most likely a cheese knob/button, used to steady a cheese ball or block of cheese when cutting or scooping a serving rather than using one's fingers. The older pieces dating from the 19th century into the 20th usually had a worm like a corkscrew, my Mom's set of porcelain knobs used three spikes, have seen them with two as well. Would guess he's American, circa 1960s-70s...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10143312, member: 111"]This cute guy is most likely a cheese knob/button, used to steady a cheese ball or block of cheese when cutting or scooping a serving rather than using one's fingers. The older pieces dating from the 19th century into the 20th usually had a worm like a corkscrew, my Mom's set of porcelain knobs used three spikes, have seen them with two as well. Would guess he's American, circa 1960s-70s... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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