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Is this anything? It’s so unusual.
Pointy thing with round old looking glass
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Glass globe from a roof-mounted lightning rod.
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Yep... looks like it. Aside from serving as a decorative finial (and the glass was sometimes coloured), the ball served as an indicator of a strike. The glass would shatter, warning that an inspection for structural damage would be wise.
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