SewingSew

I think they may be leather punch tools.

eparys

Ohhhh THnaks DianeH ....I never even thought about Cake decorating!My Great Grand father was a baker. I did think of clay because my mom was an artist but she did not do clay until she was much older and these were not hers.

eparys

Wouldn't they need to be sharp for leather punch?

QuiltE

Agree plus I believe you said that they were wooden.
I don't think wood, would be strong enough to withstand punching through leather.

Similarly though, there were links that showed similar items used on fabric.
I am thinking "primitive' button holers .... punching/pushing through the fabric to make button holes.
Then the pushers/turners for turning tubes and pushing out corners.

Maybe try some googles for antique baking tools and see if you find something.
Especially when you do know that your Great Grandfather was a batke.
The "star" type tool doesn't seem to fit for much, other than baking.
Maybe a star design in plain cookie? Or as already suggested for cake decorating?

Back to the gloves where you started ... was someone in your family a glove maker?
And why you had considered this possibility?
We had talked before about them potentially being turners ... some could maybe even be used for blocking/shaping parts of the glove, leather or cotton.

eparys

DianeH - I think YOU GOT IT!! You are a Peach!! After I seeing your post this morning, I went off searching Ebay and Etsy - Look what I found!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-or-A...0AAOSwnbZYEOxN

My Grandfather's Father was a baker with a shop in Pawtucket RI in the late 1800s. I have all of his decorating tips and recipes but have had them for ages as they were in my mothers kitchen. These were obviously manufactured (not roughly hand made) and have a wonderful patina and feel. After some thought I think these came out of a small wooden cigar box not the hankie box (I was unceremoniously dumping things out to see what was in each - lol) and were with things like button hooks and other odd ball things. I am guessing that little cigar box originated from my Grandfathers bureau.

Thank you all for your input - I am pretty confident I now know what they are.

Pinkiris

My guess was that they were bobbins for hand made lace.