Any Ideas What This Is?

Posting early today because I am out this afternoon.

Here is another photo from the kitchen at Old Government House. Any ideas what it is?

I will tell you the answer tomorrow.

I should add that this contraption is about 33 cm tall approx 13 inches and it is the item in the foreground nor the fireplace or the jelly mould in the background

[Rick]

Some sort of trap. Otherwise, no idea.

[*lynn]

no idea

[Shutterbug]

I love “what is it photos”, but I sure have no idea what this is.

[Kathy A]

A vermin catcher?

[Diana]

An old fridge?

[eDorre]

Clueless but can't wait for tomorrow

[Beryl Lloyd]

An old fireplace and oven?.

[Bill Laing]

Some sort of cooking device?

[haskar]

Interesting. No idea!

[Nigel Rogers]

Mouse trap?

[Susan Wakely]

My first thought was the same as Beryl.

[Pat Knowles]

Something to do with a fireplace perhaps! Looks a bit like one of the old ranges in old houses?

[Casablanca]

Cross between a mousetrap and a cheese grater? With a bit of coal scuttle thrown in? No idea. What fun!

[Joan Robillard]

Think @Casablanca has the right idea.

[Dianne]

Beekeepers have 'smokers' to settle the bees in the hives. It's not something like that is it?

[Valerie Chesney]

Some kind of heater?

[Brian]

What fun Babs! New (or old) to me. It does look like a trap.?

[Renee Salamon]

Hmmm, interesting con’trap’tion

[Wylie]

I give up. I had lots of thoughts that have already been suggested but nothing new or convincing!

[Korcsog Károly]

I'm thinking of a mouse or rat trap!

[Tunia McClure]

Did they build a better mouse trap?

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Oh dear, whatever it is, it sure is interesting looking.

[Carole Sandford]

My guess would be some kind of grater. But I really don’t know.

[Peter Dulis]

Home made Hoochie maker :)

[Cliff McFarlane]

A coal bucket feeding a small fire grate?

[carol white]

Some kind of heating contraption

[Rob Z]

Good one Babs - never seen one of these before!! So interested to hear what it is!

[Kathy]

Hmm. It is a curious contraption.

[Walks @ 7]

Interesting, happy to wait until tomorrow

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Well, my first thought was that it could be a smoker of some sort- for cooking meat? Then I thought it might me a dryer- but neither one of these ideas makes sense with that open wire "tubing". And I can't tell if there's a spout coming out the front of it. Interesting!

[Babs]

@rickster549 @lynnz @shutterbug49 @kjarn @ludwigsdiana @edorreandresen @beryl @365projectorgbilllaing @haskar @nigelrogers @wakelys @happypat @casablanca @joansmor @dide @happysnaps @briaan @rensala @pusspup @kork @tunia @mittens @carole_sandford @pdulis @clifford @carolmw @robz @randystreat @joysabin @olivetreeann Thanks. Some of you guessed right, it is a mouse trap. Apparently, the mouse runs up the inside of the mesh and the close in area on the right is filled with water and the mouse drowns in the water.