Stumped

aloldstuff

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• Dec 6, 2018

• #1

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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Digger Don

New member

• Dec 6, 2018

• #2

Maybe a finial of some sort?

 

Tony Two-Cent

Administrator

• Dec 6, 2018

• #3

Digger Don said:

Maybe a finial of some sort?

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

 

Full Metal Digger

Active member

• Dec 6, 2018

• #4

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

Moderator

• Dec 6, 2018

• #5

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

Active member

• Dec 7, 2018

• #6

Perhaps a bed post or clock, so many uses.

 

BOWSER

New member

• Feb 7, 2020

• #7

antique toilet ball or top of flagpole