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NormanV:
are the first items related to playing cards? Clubs and hearts?

vtsteam:
And for the plastic item, this is what I think it is .....
 
https://www.gardentoolcompany.com/products/leaf-trash-picker-by-sneeboer

Possibly an inexpensive pieced version included in a plastic garden tool kit to allow minimal package size.

vtsteam:
I've found a reference to George Taylor (aka osoezi) London, 1940s, art deco, cufflinks here:
http://crystal-heirlooms.co.uk/Collection-Cufflinks-Colour.html

Possibly cufflinks or tie clips, or something similar.

At any rate, they could probably advise.

RussellT:
Well done Steve, the plough plane picture is completely convincing.  That also explains the "III" marking as they appeared to have sets of blades.  I think sea.dog had got this one as well but I couldn't find a picture like that.  Well done to sea.dog too.  Slightly puzzling as I don't think any of the family were woodworkers but that mystery is solved.

It seems as though the small items are clips of some kind, I suppose there could be some use for holding a few playing cards as Norman is suggesting.  The "patent" label ought to suggest some innovative feature but I can't see what it is.  I'll try emailing the people advertising the patent cuff links.

I'm still not convinced about the plastic thing.  It's so flimsy I nearly broke it clipping it together.  I think it would break if I tried to stab a sweet packet.  I still think something for threading something through a tube is possible - it's thin all the way along apart from the handle.

Russell

vtsteam:
Definitely SeaDog got it. I just found a pic.

re. the plastic oddity, I think it's crap no matter what the use, because it has a handle and it will always fall apart when pulled. But I don't think that argues against it being a trash picker in some cheap gardening kit. Often, unusable plastic junk is included in a bargain "complete kit" of anything -- particularly mail order items or a "free gardening kit gift with every order".

There are lots of plastic trowels out there, quite useless unless you're only digging in a bag of potting soil.

Hmmmmm.......wait a minute..........it's a prod to keep people with viral contagion a respectable distance away!

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