doorknob?

[allen]

Any ideal of age?
Ive never seen a two piece doorknob.

 

[Lucas]

Finial. GF clock, cast iron bed, etc. Depends on size.

 

[Unicorn]

I have seen bedknobs that come in two pieces.

 

[stefen]

Then again, it could be a standard door knob that suffered a catastropic event...maybe got broken by a kid playing roughhouse...