Old, odd ratchet & sockets

[Branson]

This just showed up on my eBay, and I've never seen anything like it.  Anybody know anything about this ratchet?  I'm not bidding on it, but I am curious to know more.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unusual-Very-Old-Ratchet-Sockets-Oldest-I-Have-Ever-Seen-Ship-5-50-Priorit-/350593984193?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a107a6c1

[amertrac]

oddball all right but for starters it is missing at least one socket 1/2 in   bob w.

[rusty]

Odd, I found 2 similar ratchets, one with the weird side pawls, one with that odd handle design, but both are unmarked and unidentified...
Neither had the strange socket retainer tho (bridge ratchet?)

EDIT: Perhaps patent 562689, which shows a hooked socket retainer and 2 side pawls....(from 1896, not assigned, only patent found by A. Willows)

[amertrac]

forty bucks with shipping   bob w.