A most unusual scissor frog

Here's a bit of fun!

My husband brought this thingy home from work about a month ago, so it's been sitting around my office for a while.  The  other day I was looking at the many flower frogs that are holding my blogging friends' scissor collections and I thought of this and then a light bulb went on.  Hey - scissors!  I think it's interesting in a funky, antique-y sort of way.

So here's the bit of fun...Dave said, "Do you know what that is?"  Nope.  I didn't.  Then he told me and I was quite surprised.  Well, I thought it might be fun to have you all guess about this, too.  Send me your guess by Monday, Oct 10 and someone will win a little prize from me!  If more than one person guesses correctly, I'll draw a name from the correct guesses.  If no one guesses correctly, I'll draw a name from the whole shebang.

Don't guess in the comments. Instead, send your guess to me by email at lakestitcher@gmail.com.  And remember to do it by Monday.

Here are two hints:  1) It came from one of our old pharmacies, and 2) It's solid brass.

Good luck!