✅ SOLVED need help identifying.

[captain redbeard]

This is not a personal find, but one of my fathers when he was young. He has held onto it for years and has had no luck identifying what it is or how old it is, so I told him about this awesome site I use and was hoping Someone could shed some light here. The etching/design looks like it was done by hand and the numbers on the bottom seem unique how they are put. It looks old, but I'm not sure how old.

 

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[BigWaveDave]

no clue what it could be, but my first impression is fire fighting related.

 

[BosnMate]

From Tibet

 

[Ant]

Artillery Shell double handle chalice cup:
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrTcX88ELhVg6gAFK6InIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ29xY3ZzBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--;_ylc=X1MDMTM1MTE5NTc4NARfcgMyBGJjawNmNzRsbmpkYWdsMDFwJTI2YiUzRDMlMjZzJTNEaDcEZnIDBGdwcmlkA1E4TTNpaUlyVHhpNmZWU3pqcUJqLkEEbXRlc3RpZANudWxsBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNpbWFnZXMuc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMARwcXN0cgMEcHFzdHJsAwRxc3RybAMyNgRxdWVyeQNkb3VibGUgaGFuZGxlIGNoYWxpY2UgY3VwIAR0X3N0bXADMTQzODEyNjE3MwR2dGVzdGlkA251bGw-?gprid=Q8M3iiIrTxi6fVSzjqBj.A&pvid=dFNKWTIwNi7zkrebVQqAOQPoNjYuMgAAAADVwtkR&p=double+handle+chalice+cup+&fr=&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt

 

[: Michael-Robert.]

Agreed.

Artillery Shell double handle chalice cup:
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrTcX88ELhVg6gAFK6InIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ29xY3ZzBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--;_ylc=X1MDMTM1MTE5NTc4NARfcgMyBGJjawNmNzRsbmpkYWdsMDFwJTI2YiUzRDMlMjZzJTNEaDcEZnIDBGdwcmlkA1E4TTNpaUlyVHhpNmZWU3pqcUJqLkEEbXRlc3RpZANudWxsBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNpbWFnZXMuc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMARwcXN0cgMEcHFzdHJsAwRxc3RybAMyNgRxdWVyeQNkb3VibGUgaGFuZGxlIGNoYWxpY2UgY3VwIAR0X3N0bXADMTQzODEyNjE3MwR2dGVzdGlkA251bGw-?gprid=Q8M3iiIrTxi6fVSzjqBj.A&pvid=dFNKWTIwNi7zkrebVQqAOQPoNjYuMgAAAADVwtkR&p=double+handle+chalice+cup+&fr=&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt

 

[ARC]

Its a pestle...
Missing the mortar.
By the way...
It is bronze IMO

 

[trikikiwi]

Artillery Shell double handle chalice cup:
https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...p-images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt

Agreed - commonly known as Trench Art.

Here's another example

LotNut

Someone here should be able to date your example from the markings on the base.

Edit: On second thoughts, it doesn't appear to be a shell after all - so I fully agree with the mortar and pestle ID.

 

[captain redbeard]

interesting. I figured the numbers would be able to identify it some way, but not sure how...I've searched online, but the sites I'm brought to are ebay or buy to see sites...

 

[captain redbeard]

closest I've seen is brass mortar/pestle, but identifying age and such has been tough.

 

[callmez]

Agreed with ARRC, we have one just like it that my wife uses in the kitchen. It doesn't have any markings to identify a country of origin but India would be my guess.

 

[M_d_in_guy]

Agreed with ARRC, we have one just like it that my wife uses in the kitchen. It doesn't have any markings to identify a country of origin but India would be my guess.

India was my first thought, I agree.

 

[sutphin]

HECK I THOUGHT IT WAS A SPITOONYA.

 

[G.I.B.]

I'm inclined to agree with the guy's that got it right. They were spot on. Some others were pretty good guesses, and I like them as well, but it's what they said it was. Very god identification.

Yep, that's what it is. No doubt about it. Mark this as solved.