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??????
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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??????
Maybe a finial of some sort?
That would be my guess as well. Possibly part of an old carriage lantern?
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I agree with Tony. Either a carriage lamp finial or a corner finial (where the luggage bars went around the top of the carriage)
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.
Perhaps a bed post or clock, so many uses.
antique toilet ball or top of flagpole