Old Metal Thingie With Sun/Flower & Clover Motif

[kyle369]

Found this today in my mom's yard in Sudlersville MD, the house dates to 1910 but I did find a 1850s State Militia Panel Plate Buckle here before.

Judging by the patina it's likely copper or bronze.

It's torn to shreds but it has this beautiful sun or flower & clover motif in the center; diameter is roughly 1.5" to 1.75"





Is it a cap or lid? A military decoration? I'll have to take it to a professional restorer if it's anything of significance.

Thanks, Kyle

 

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[Lenrac2]

Nice find! Congrats!

 

[kyle369]

Nice find! Congrats!

Thank you! Do you have any idea what it might be?

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Looks like a cap to me, but definitely looks old and interesting. Maybe an old salve jar lid/cap.

 

[kyle369]

Looks like a cap to me, but definitely looks old and interesting. Maybe an old salve jar lid/cap.

That's definitely a good guess, I once found a small perfume bottle from circa 1910s-20s intact in this same yard thanks to detecting the cap that was still on it!

 

[Lenrac2]

Thank you! Do you have any idea what it might be?

No, at first glance I thought maybe a compact but the edges look too wide.

 

[xr7ator]

Could still be a compact.

 

[ARC]

Perhaps remnants of a pill box.