Any ideas what this is?

[relish]

Found this cap/top of something at an old site......it is about 1 1/4 inches high.....weighs 1 1/2 ounces/50 grams....appears to have an etching on top and has a cork like material inside......probably copper/brass....any ideas?

 

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[coinman123]

It could have been a bell with a wooden handle


Not sure though, it looks too thin for that.

 

[charlives]

google image "conestoga wagon bells" Nice find!

 

[HAPPYCAMPER]

Candle snuffer maybe,cork like material held water and helped put out flame and keep wick from smoking afterwards....

 

[nhbenz]

Looks somewhat like a piece of antique bed frame that goes just beneath a finial.

 

[MuckyBottles]

IMHO looks like the top of a stoneware bottle

 

[relish]

What intrigues me is what appears to be an etching in a small oval on the top....

 

[sutphin]

Hub bolt cover from 1920s car?vanzutphen