Bracket perhaps?

[NadiG]

A fun little thing, which I do almost not know anything about for sure...

 

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[NadiG]

It measures 3,5 cm long, and 2 in diameters. Anyone??

 

[ticndig]

perhaps part of a perfume pendent .

 

[HuntinDog]

I'm thinking a lid to a pipe..

 

[NadiG]

Great guess actually, I would never have thought about it myself! But does it have the right shape for a pipelid?

 

[Colonel Corncob]

That's the exact shape for a pipe lid. Yours has been squished of course, but it's a half-sphere when it's not malformed and it covers the opening of old pipes. I did some research and learned that pipes started getting fancy around the 1700s, with designs, lids, etc, and that pipes have had lids ever since. I would guess (and I really have no idea what I'm talking about) that your pipe lid might be from the mid to late 1800s. Take that with a very large chunk of salt

 

[A2coins]

Incense burner lid

 

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