colonial find

[ironhorse]

not sure what it is ,most likely incomplete, the area dates to mid 1700's Acadian, with a later British site nearby, so it could be either perhaps

good luck i.d. gurus

 

[vayank54]

Does it look like the round piece would come off of the flat piece? The bottom has solder all the way around and looks like it might have been some type of box or container

 

[ted750]

The top of a lantern perhaps?

Shot in the dark.....

 

[CRUSADER]

The top of a lantern perhaps?

Shot in the dark.....

I was thinking, something along those lines..... or maybe a top of a carriage clock.

 

[johnnyi]

"Does it look like the round piece would come off of the flat piece? The bottom has solder all the way around and looks like it might have been some type of box or container"

Yes Va, that's the important question to identify it. Looking from the back it seems like that might be a cap which is now corroded on. As you said, if the cap was removable it would be some type of container, maybe an inkwell.

 

[traderoftreasures]

kinda looks like a pop top... swivel look to it

 

[ironhorse]

"Does it look like the round piece would come off of the flat piece? The bottom has solder all the way around and looks like it might have been some type of box or container"

Yes Va, that's the important question to identify it. Looking from the back it seems like that might be a cap which is now corroded on. As you said, if the cap was removable it would be some type of container, maybe an inkwell.

appears as a one piece with hinge on top as a swivel, no other solder other than on the bottom

could have been part of a box, inkwell cover ,I ccan see that as a possiblity

 

[ironhorse]

The top of a lantern perhaps?

Shot in the dark.....

I was thinking, something along those lines..... or maybe a top of a carriage clock.

I like the lantern theory more than the clock, but the size leans me in the clock direction, good suggestions!