Metal Turtle - honeycomb body?

[silverdollarbill]

Slow day...bought this because I was curious what it was.

Crudely made. It looks like it was flipped over multiple time and hit with a hammer. Maybe was used to put that pattern into something? Ideas?

 

[Beachkid23]

I'm probably wrong. It looks like some kind of flower planter or something that would go in a garden? That's my edumacated guess !

 

[silverdollarbill]

I was thinking a large flower frog, but holes all point straight up and bottom is really smashed.

 

[Oregon Viking]

If it's flat on top I say trivet.

trivets - Bing Images

 

[silverdollarbill]

No not flat. This pic also shows feet smashed upward. I don't think it's worth anything but I'm curious about it.

 

[2Minnesota]

Could it be a boot scraper? Just a guess...

 

[2Minnesota]

Well I found a sold one similar on eBay and copied/pasted the link and messed it up. Now I can't find it. It had insides that were spikes for flowers and a base.

 

[diggummup]

I think it's just a crude casting versus being smashed. The last link shows another crude example that sold on ebay. I'd go with it being a flower frog versus a trivet. Even though the first link shows a similar as a trivet CAST IRON TURTLE TRIVET (Kitchen Collectibles - Cookware - Cast Iron) at Globe Antiques & Collectables
New Metal Tortoise Turtle Decorative Flower Frog Vase Antique Looking | eBay
Vintage Flower Frog Turtle | eBay
Antique Turtle Figural Flower Frog Old Solid Metal | eBay

 

[silverdollarbill]

Thanks everyone...looks like a big flower frog.