Now this is a mystery!!!!

[history.hunter]

also found this in outhouse hole. It has no holes in it. I looks like someone has been beating on it with a small round hammer at some time in it's life. There are no threads so it doesnt screw onto anything. This thing is strange. Oh and all the bottles I found in The Hole were from late 1800's.

 

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[Montana Jim]

Is that a thin porcelain finish... or... enameled?

 

[history.hunter]

I dont know if it is porcelin or enamel. I thought it might have been something used in the kitchen here in the house or in the pantry since both of those rooms were always yellow. The house was completed in 1898.

 

[bill gent]

judging from the usage perhaps the hump was down (object inverted for use) (explained usage on tip and heavy rust etc on the inside rim.)

 

[Natman]

I would guess it to be some kind of cover or lid.

Nat

 

[boomer46901]

Could be a scraper to remove the hog hair after dunking the hog in the boiling water? The dents are probably from dropping it.

 

[history.hunter]

No No this thing has no sharp edges to scrape anything. All of the dings on the rounded spot are the same size. like it was struck repeatedly with the same object. It does appear to be enameled. Not porcelin. It has rusted where the enamel was struck.
Note when you are getting ready to scrape a hog. You dont dunk it in water. What we always did was have a big pot of boiling water and poured it on the hog just prior to scraping that side. Then turned the hog over and did the other side. LOL

 

[countrygrammy]

i believe it is a inside of an old fruit jar lid

 

[history.hunter]

Okay, more details. This THING was found on the bottom of the hole. Down inside of it was some sort of hard crusty substance that has dried to form a shiney (sparkely) substance. It has a peice of stain glass stuck in that substance that I have diligently worked at getting out. It is stuck. I thought the substance was some sort of medication spilled down in there because a lot of the medicine bottles still have medications in them and some of them are empty. Does that help? All the stuff down inside is not rust it's something else.

 

[kenb]

Judging by the strike marks I would say someone was trying to beat it off another object with out smashing the main part of it.

kenb

 

[DCMatt]

Wooden wheel (wagon or early automobile) hub cover. The marks would be from pounding it into place with the wrong tool.

DCMatt

 

[silverswede]

Possibly a variation of a enameled coffee percolater lid. Kinda like this one.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Looks like it could be an enamelware mold ......for a bell shaped cake ? Maybe?

 

[AOSDC]

I'm guessing a porch light cover.

Does it have a small hole on the lower rim for a screw?

 

[fleamistress]

Baby commode/potty?

 

[history.hunter]

wow, these are some really good clues. I think I might go back to the hole and see if that sand in the bottom is really a stone or a cap There may be more clues in the hole. Thanks everyone. Keep guessing!

 

[history.hunter]

There are no screw holes or any holes of any kind. No threads. I an going back to dig may find another clue. Be right back.

 

[silverswede]

Could those dents on the top of it be from hits with a pellet/air gun rather than a hammer? They seem to be just chipping the enamel and as a kid on the farm we shot up everything metal and glass.

 

[dugupfinds]

Butt plug

 

[warsawdaddy]

Looks like just a lid for maybe a cannister that was used for nightime relief rather than walking out to the 'house'.You wearing gloves?