Civil War Leather

[snaps]

Hi, this round, hollow, nut-looking knob rolled out of the dirt while I was standing 3 feet in a union soldiers winter hut.I saturated it in olive oil. What would you say it came off of? Thanks Snaps

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

To me it looks like an acorn cap.Google acorns with cap.

 

[snaps]

Back of boat, this is indeed made of leather, and forgot to Mention, there's a remnant of thread inside the rim, so it screwed on to something..

 

[snaps]

Wow, no other ideas? Well I guess it is an acorn, an a leather one to boot!!

 

[DCMatt]

I looked at this one for a while. It looks like a single piece of leather shaped into a partial sphere. Not sure if that's an easy thing to do even in today's world.

My only guess was it's the base of a shuttlecock.

In the CW era they played a game that was the precursor to badminton. It was called Battledore or Battledore & Shuttlecock.

It used the same type shuttlecock as the later Badminton game - with feathers attached to a cork ball. The cork was sometimes covered with leather.

Beyond that...

 

[snaps]

Thanks Matt, that's the best idea yet. All other resource's I've brought it to have drawn a resounding blank. Funny, I didn't expect this to be such an enigma!!

 

[villagenut]

I would almost swear I see an Eagle faintly popping out of the top of it in your first pic.

 

[sutphin]

I THOUGHT AT FIRST OX KNOB, BUT THEN NIPPLE PROTECTOR AND?NEAT FIND>

 

[snaps]

Villagenut, I see what your talking about, but no unfortunately it's plain, Sutphin, you have all the credentials to join this mystery club! Thanks guys