Brass found in civil war camp

[gsxraddict]

I was convinced it's a snapped off candle holder but since I cleaned it I'm not sure; it has black enamel on it just like the CS clip corners did. Why would someone coat a brass candle holder black?

I don't know what it is! I used a bic lighter for your size comparison.

In the area we found no modern day or post war signals at all, all war era.

 

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[Mud Hut]

I have see pieces like that ID'ed as everything from parts of a candlestick to brass bed parts. I have also seen them in a museum that identified them as parts of a brass/glass kerosene lamp.

 

[Icewing]

Looks almost like the mouth piece off of a bugle.
There were several designs.

 

[tamrock]

I don't know. Something that came out of a surgeons amputation kit is what came to my mind

 

[creskol]

I have see pieces like that ID'ed as everything from parts of a candlestick to brass bed parts. I have also seen them in a museum that identified them as parts of a brass/glass kerosene lamp.

I would agree with that. I think it was White Post who has a lamp with a base stem that looks just like that.

 

[gsxraddict]

I found candlestick holders today from the turn of the century, they aren't hollow all the way through so I don't think this is a candlestick holder at all.

It doesn't look like a piece of a bugle to me either.

Any other ideas?

 

[metaldetectinggod]

Looks like a mouthpiece to me it could be a foreign instrument. Doesn't have to be a bugle piece.

 

[gsxraddict]

still looking for an answer.

 

[DCMatt]

it has black enamel on it

I'm thinking it is 'japanned', not enameled. And it is still the business end of a collapsible camp candle. Cool find.

 

[A2coins]

That would be my guess also!!!!

 

[smokeythecat]

I'm guessing candle stick. I have some from the period and they are hollow.