Metal Eagle possible top fanale or medal piece?

[Neilkay-jones]

Hi All,

Attached are photos of a metal eagle that i have found within my own garden.

Does anyone have a clue what it is? By the way, I am located in North West UK incase of relevance of find.











Thanks,

Neil

 

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[pjdentry]

Can you give us a size or comparison object? Looks neat!

 

[Neilkay-jones]

Hi pjdentry,

Of course, I forgot to put a size which is 90mm tall by 30mm wide by 10mm thick max.

I should have posted this in the what is forum area which i now see would have been better so many apologies.

Great to be on this forum as my first time.

 

[DCMatt]

Door knocker.

 

[DCMatt]

More likely a parrot than an eagle. Early 20th C.

DCMatt

 

[DCMatt]

This one isn't exactly like yours, but you get the idea.

Apparently popular in the teens and 20's.

 

[CRUSADER]

More likely a parrot than an eagle. Early 20th C.

DCMatt

I agree with everything, early 20th C brass parrot door knocker.

 

[CRUSADER]

PS. Welcome to Tnet.

 

[A2coins]

welcome to tnet

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[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

Metallic parrots are exceedingly rare finds, and are highly sought after by collectors of metal detector found metal animals.

Congrats!

 

[trapperart]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your find

 

[tinpan]

Nice find , Cast whole except for a hollow end .Handle off a fire place tool. The bird is a Rosella like the images made by John Gould. Became popular in many household items in the 1850,s after the release of the bird books first published in 1848

TP

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice find , Cast whole except for a hollow end .Handle off a fire place tool. The bird is a Rosella like the images made by John Gould. Became popular in many household items in the 1850,s after the release of the bird books first published in 1848

TP

Yes of course. The hollow end was bothering me. That makes a whole lot more sense than my first guess. I think we can mark this as SOLVED now. Brass Fire Place Tool topper.

 

[Kurios1]

Totally cool recovery. I am with those thinking it may be a fire place poker end piece with the hole in the base of it. Show us some more of your goodies and welcome to T-net.

 

[dirtlooter]

really cool find, definitely not an eagle and it sounds like it is figured out as well

 

[Neilkay-jones]

Thank you DC Matt, you are right it is more like a parrot. Yeah it looks like a door knocker, thank you for your time.

Neil

 

[Neilkay-jones]

Thanks Crusader. Now just need to get a metal detector and find more.

 

[Neilkay-jones]

Awesome to be here pal, have a great day.

 

[Neilkay-jones]

welcome to tnet

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Awesome to be here, just getting used to using this forum. Have a great day A2coins

 

[Neilkay-jones]

Metallic parrots are exceedingly rare finds, and are highly sought after by collectors of metal detector found metal animals.

Congrats!

That is really good to know DGLOO!