✅ SOLVED ????? finial ?????????

[rocky raccoon]

had this posted on todays finds...no hits...so wondering if i am correct on identification...1000 words..... before clean 2'' & 3/8 long 1'' & 1/2 inside diameterit came out of the ground this way in pieces after clean...notice the grooves... and there you have it,any info ?

 

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[bigfoot1]

is the small end open?

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Does the front of the artifact have any holes in it for attachment? like in the photo

 

[bigchuck52]

Could be a flower vase for placing into the ground near a gravesite.

 

[rocky raccoon]

Does the front of the artifact have any holes in it for attachment? like in the photo

no it does not

 

[rocky raccoon]

is the small end open?

this is the other end

 

[rocky raccoon]

the metal is very thin..this is as far as i can go with the electro

 

[robgwv]

hearing aid?

 

[bigfoot1]

lamp fuel funnel?

 

[JohnChase1989]

I believe it's a old pen holder like this one

 

[taz42o]

Parasol tip.

 

[CC Hunter]

Decorative top cap from a 19th century wooden shaft parasol or umbrella.

CC Hunter

 

[Silver Searcher]

Looks a bit like a posy holder.

SS

 

[JohnChase1989]

The parasol tip seems like the best guess, nice one guys

 

[CC Hunter]

The parasol tip seems like the best guess, nice one guys

These cone shaped copper or brass items, with various decorations and designs were for many years a mystery to me well. A while back, I happened to dig one at an early 19th Century homesite, with a portion of the wooden shaft still attached. They are in fact the top cap or decorative finial from parasols from the 19th Century and possibly even earlier into the 18th Century.


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CC Hunter

 

[Shawn1972]

looks like an ear trumpet,for improving ones hearing

but not sure looks similar to pics posted by one of the members

 

[rocky raccoon]

looks right on to me....thanks much everybody

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I'm coming to this discussion late, but for whatever it's worth to hear, I've been in agreement with Taz42o and CC Hunter about these objects for many years -- parasol/umbrella-top finials.

Pen-holder is a reasonable guess based on the general shape... but as the photos show, there needs to be an "attachment" hole or similar attachment provision on the small end of the pen-holder's tubular body. The parasol/umbrella-top finials have no such thing there.