The black wooden egg was also for repairing the fingertips of gloves. Most gloves in the 50's were hand sewn and the handle on wooden egg was used to insert into the fingertips of gloves that needed repair. If you notice the wooden handle also has worn spots. The large red handled plier looking tool is for mounting snaps onto clothing (like the western shirts have). Some of those snaps are pearl looking on top or open ringed. The small needles with points at both ends are used for knitting socks. It usually took 3 or for to make the sock round. What a treasure you got. I agree that this would be a great shadow box for your wall with pictures of the owners on the background. One of the things that I have done is take a small plastic shoe box for each one of my grandchildren and put an item that was owned and used by their ancestors. I include a note with each item and a picture of whom it belonged to. It was a small way for my grandchildren to get to know the greats that never met. It also kept the box small so the could store the memories easily. These items would be great for that.