The only thing I can think of is that it might be for decorating pastry. I did a reverse image search and nothing like it came up.
my first thought, even before I saw the dimensions...
a squash scapper outer - or other item to reach in and scrape out the innards.
After some research, I suspect this tool is an antique fish scaler.
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These are all shown as antique fish scalers on Google.