Can You Identify This Object?

I am not the OP, but for the benefit of all, here are the images:

If filled with ice it could be cooling something. Like a flow of some kind, in food processing maybe. The sieve could be connected to a larger apparatus but I can't recognize if the stands are constructed to fit something, like a fire hose connection for example.

OK, I give up. Can't wait to find out what it is. Whoever made it knew what he was doing, that's for sure.

If you throw it, it will be a UFO; and several people are bound to testify that it doesn't look like anything earthly. Ergo....

Carbon water filter minus it's outer casing? Other than that I give up

OP here, The 4 feet at the bottom seem to have threading, and I thought perhaps something for ice, but then why the blade? Maybe to shave the ice? Old school cocktail mixer? It kinda looks like a food preparation device, but it lacks the wear of utensil scraping, plus brass could affect the flavour of any food prepared.

I would venture that the Guillotine is not for shaving anything but rather to hold a fixed amount of product above it. Strike the container top to level the product. Weigh the product then open the 'gate' and let it dry, weighing it as it dries.

You could be right. The strainer has to point down. If a sufficient pressure is supplied it could be used to make pasta. Here is a sketch. I'll sleep better now.

Sorry it is a bit blurry. I think you get the drift, Ky.

Umm, not for food. The threading at the bottom is to stabilize/attach a burner/blower to dry the test material.

OP here. It doesn't seem like an efficient tool for making pasta, no rollers etc., plus the dough would escape the edges of the "feet". The blade cannot be seen too well in the photos, but it is definitely sharpened and designed to be pushed through something. There are no markings on the inside or outside to indicate it was used to measure anything.

Where did you come across it? Are there any possible clues from the location? (Agricultural, industrial, culinary etc).

A friend found it in an abandoned warehouse, with a collection of technical drawing equipment. I think he may have mentioned their being some old personal effects too, but I am not sure. It was left at my house ages ago, and we're still no closer to identifying it.

Looks like it could be a glaziers sieve but the hole diameter would need to be around .006 inch (100 mesh approx). Would have been more than one probably. Could also post at Old Tools, might be someone there.

Just found this site and am enjoying reading some of the discussions. If there is still an interest in this topic, I think I know what it is. It appears to be a soil sampling device. We used to furnish similar items to testing labs. I'm not sure why, but they (there were more than one) always asked for brass tube. Kenholl