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[Clonloum123]

HELP! Fire basket out of 1700s gentry house? ?

I dig up out of the floor of a open hearth in a gentry house dating late 1700s. A very very old piece of what I believe is a fire basket.
Anyone have a idea of date ? Or if it is a fire basket

 

[Clonloum123]

The other broken pieces of it when I put them too it . It's tall. And still bits missing

 

[Clonloum123]

The other broken pieces of it when I put them too it . It's tall. And still bits missing