Stumped

[aloldstuff]

Found this the other day. 3 1/4" long and made of brass. It's cracked and bent in, has a hole in the top but not the bottom??????

[Digger Don]

Maybe a finial of some sort?

[Tony Two-Cent]

Maybe a finial of some sort?

That would be my guess as well. Possibly part of an old carriage lantern?

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[Full Metal Digger]

I agree with Tony. Either a carriage lamp finial or a corner finial (where the luggage bars went around the top of the carriage)

[aloldstuff]

Thanks guys. Your suggestions make sense because there is some fancy going around the widest part of the bulb, which I couldn't figure out why. So being part of a carriage lamp or a corner finial like DD suggested then it makes sense.

[The Rebel]

Perhaps a bed post or clock, so many uses.

[BOWSER]

antique toilet ball or top of flagpole