"Manicure set"

[Caballo]

For a long time, I have told people about the manicure sets that seem to be so common- such as this replica by Nodge Nolan from Armammentaria


I have recently been lighting a replica Roman oil lamp, and found that I need to clean the lighted hole, get out the old wick etc. Turns out that the "manicure set" is ideal- a scoop for cleaning out debris, the forked end for trapping the wick and removing it, the tweezers for doing the same.

It struck me that plucking out hair (for example) would not be a daily thing, even for the most fastidious Roman. But cleaning and re-lighting oil lamps would be.

A question- have these items been misinterpreted? Or is there other proof for their use as a manicure set?

Cheers

caballo