✅ SOLVED Any idea what this is? - Re-post from Todays Find (2 days ago)

[Luvpawz]

Any idea what this is? - Re-post from Today's Find (2 days ago)

Hi - I'm new to the site and still learning to navigate it. I posted this on Today's Find previously but still not sure what it is. Found 3 of these at an estate sale - someone suggestions have been ashtrays, candy dish (too small), salt dish but I don't think so. Could be simply just a paperweight or figurine but why would someone have 3 identical ones, so I'm not sure.
It appears to be a mouse or other type of rodent under a leaf. Made of bronze and heavy for its size. The length of the leaf is about 3 1/2" long, the animal is about 2" long, and the height of both is about 2 1/2". They individually weigh 8 oz.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this or know what they might be? Thanks!

 

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[pippinwhitepaws]

bronze hedgehog trinket tray?

 

[JimDon]

Decorative ashtray.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Definitely a hedgehog could be trinket or jewelry dish.

 

[ModernMiner]

Maybe its used to rest a smoking pipe in?
Neat and unusual piece for sure,
MM

 

[CRUSADER]

People make some weird stuff...lol

 

[Luvpawz]

Thanks all for the chime-ins - I didn't think of a pipe holder and I'm sitting right next to my grandfather's pipes, lol!

 

[DCMatt]

It is a "ring dish" - a place to put rings while you wash hands or dishes. That is why there is more than one - multiple sinks.

DCMatt

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

hey, I got the animal correct?

 

[DCMatt]

hey, I got the animal correct?

I wouldn't have found that pic without you.

DCMatt

 

[Luvpawz]

DCMATT wins first prize!!!! (Sorry but just the rank is the prize!) Thank you so much!!!!!! Where did you find it?

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

those are so ugly they are beautiful...
i want one..