Tool ID

[Levaughn]

Hello all. I was at a little Thrift type shop today and saw this tool. No one at the shop knew what it was, so I figured I would let the experts here give it a shot. It has the year 1858 if that's correct. Thanks in advance.

 

[454ragtop]

You'd be hard pressed to take a pic against a worse background........

 

[Levaughn]

It has a wick coming out one of the sides.

 

[tombell572]

What 454ragtop said.

Tom B.