found today

[benjy]

heres something for you guys to ponder over,
i had no idea what they were when i bought them,,just looked interesting,
now i know and was quite amused when i found out..also happy with the values.

the bottom 2 are not connected with the top photos,,but are in a similar vein

[Papaw]

Bullet molds? Cool find, whatever they are.

[benjy]

i kinda hoped they were bullet moulds when i bought them,,butttt  nope,thats not it

[stanley62]

They look like molds for fishing weights to me.

  Jim

[scottg]

Yeah sinkers, would be my guess. Too tapered and weirdly tapered besides, for bullets.
 yours Scott

[Lewill2]

suppository molds?

[hmboo]

Somthing medical?

[john k]

Neat little box, smaller than it seems at first,,,, Closing Machines and How to Use Them, hmm.   Looks like shot mixers, as in whiskey shots, but am thinking back to pill and tablet and suppositories as was already said.   Not all that long ago 1930s, some doctors formulated, mixed and molded their own pills.  Since they aren't bullet molds, the old waxy suppositories sure come to mind. 

[rusty]

It is a Cachet maker.

A cachet is the predecessor to a (pressed) pill, it's a pod made of  rice paper or such glued together with the medicine inside it.

There are more here: http://www.thegarret.org.uk/collectionmeasuring.htm

Very unusual and interesting thing to find :)))

[benjy]

lewill john k and rusty got it between them,,the top ones are Antique Pharmacy Mould for Making Suppositories or Pessaries.and rusty tells what the other is..look out for these things guys,,they are somwhat valuable.

check the ebay item  130654816747

[1930]

Whomever bough that item got flushed out in more ways than one