Brass Whatsit....

[dirtdigginfool]

Posting this for a friend, he sent me these pics of a round, brass...thingy he dug today. I have no clue, any help would be greatly appreciated...Thx for looking, Ddf.

 

[trdking]

Looks like just that. Someone was trying to create a brass sphere. A hard thing to do. What it was for? Who knows. A friend of mine casts brass all the time in his artwork.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Looks like just that. Someone was trying to create a brass sphere. A hard thing to do. What it was for? Who knows. A friend of mine casts brass all the time in his artwork.

Yep trdking, I think you're close...looks like it was poured/cast, but for what? Thx, Ddf.

 

[DCMatt]

Ball for a check valve?

 

[cudamark]

Looks a bit too small for a cane top....maybe a shift lever knob?

 

[HuntinDog]

Maybe a replacement part for a brass monkey

 

[releventchair]

Sorry the name escapes me at the moment.... I think of them as toppers.
The decorative tops to horse hames.
If that's what you have...

 

[Clo]

It sorta looks like a ball foot for a piece of furniture. Except most of the time they will have other pieces so they actually roll.

 

[Bruce R]

Very rough casting, perhaps for a clock or something else needing a small weight. It looks like the next step would’ve been to drill and tap the protrusion.