No clue

[sscindercoop]

Not really sure what this could be at first sight I thought a kazoo. Their is no writing that I can see. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

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[johnnyi]

tip to umbrella?

 

[Montana Jim]

tip to umbrella?

Good call... I was thinking along those lines too...



Do the parts seperate? if so - can you add more pictures?

And, that does the larger open end look like?

 

[Rasputin]

Looks to me like one of those flower vases that mounts to the inside windshield pillar of a car.

 

[sscindercoop]

Whatever it is it was mounted on a wooden shaft.

 

[DCMatt]

Like johnnyi said umbrella (ladies parasol) tip.

DCMatt

 

[BuckleBoy]

Now that's interesting! I have seen these ID'ed as military Swagger Stick tips before! Which is it? (Granted, this is the first one I've seen with the second piece attached.)


-Buckles

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Swagger stick tips are typically blunted correct?

My vote is Ladies parasol tip HHHH

http://images.google.com/images?q=l...ent=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

 

[johnnyi]

I had thought umbrella (parasol) tip, however the new picture showing the hole in the side is hard to explain away. It could conceivably be a parasol handle (where the hole may have once contained a push button to allow the ring to slide down to release the ribs?), or it could have held a wrist strap?. If it was the tip though, there were some early parasols of the 1850's with a tassel on the tip that had to be secured somewhere, however the only pictures I can find of them show the tassel coming out of the end, not the side.

 

[Montana Jim]

Just pointing out a possibility...

I am aware this is much smaller than the item in question here.

http://www.sedwickcoins.com/archive/Auction2/DFS_TreasureAuction2_Cat_Artifacts.htm

"Decorative brass tip from a British naval officer's "swagger stick," late 1700s to early 1800s. 5.2 grams, almost 2" long and 3/8" at its widest diameter. This conical tube, decorated with an ornate design with a crown in the center, was affixed to the point end of a wooden wand, known as a "swagger stick," typically about 18" long, used by officers to point to a sailor's bad dress habits during parade or at maps to show battle orders, etc. The metal is thin, and a little wrinkled here and there, but the design is intact and there is no significant corrosion or encrustation. Found outside a row of cottages near Plymouth, England, that were occupied by Naval personnel up till about 1820."