Silver plated lid top?

[SkyPirate]

When I found this all I saw was the shiny silver edge which I believe is silver plate, some has worn off, the brown stuff is dirt. It's kind of oval shaped and has a grooved art deco type design on the sides and around the larger end. Has a large broken hole at the wide end and a smaller broken hole at the skinny end and a dent in the side. I am thinking it might be the top to a lid on a fancy tea or coffee pot or the top to a lid for a platter from an old silver service set.

2 inches long and 4 inches around the widest part. Weighs 2 oz.

Is silver plate real silver?

 

[trikikiwi]

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My WAG, the knob on the end of an indicator shift on a vehicle.
Mike

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Looks like some type of finial....perhaps from a curtain pole

SS

 

[sniffer]

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it's the top to an old fence post. A.K.A. finials

 

[SkyPirate]

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it's the top to an old fence post. A.K.A. finials

But it had a chrome finish?

 

[sniffer]

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I don't see chrome, I see white rusty paint, over top some kind of pot metal

 

[SkyPirate]

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I don't see chrome, I see white rusty paint, over top some kind of pot metal

There is a chrome finish over the paint that you see, I will try to get another picture, The paint I think is a primer.

 

[SkyPirate]

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it's the top to an old fence post. A.K.A. finials

But it had a chrome finish?

i think your "chrome" finish might be a result of lead from the lead paint being rubbed to look shiny...

No way, I will try to get a better picture, its chrome or some kind of metal finish bright and shiny

 

[SkyPirate]

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The new pictures are the best I could do to show the silver plate.

 

[vayank54]

I saw silver plated pewter salt shaker that looked almost indentical to what you dug. It narrowed to to almost nothing at the bottom and had a flat base. It had a threaded lip on the top and a domed screw on cap.

 

[Roger Mn.]

It looks like it could have been off an old bed frame. The old bed post that held the wire frame together had fancy tops on the four posts.
roger

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I thought it might be a top to a perfume bottle. I think I see DG but its probably just a scroll.

 

[Breezie]

I thought it might be a top to a perfume bottle. I think I see DG but its probably just a scroll.

I agree; looks like a silver plated perfume bottle top, which was popular during the Victorian times. The ones pictured below might not be silver plated/metal; I really can't tell from the quality of the pic, but there were many metal top perfume bottles during that era. Breezie

 

[SkyPirate]

I thought it might be a top to a perfume bottle. I think I see DG but its probably just a scroll.

I agree; looks like a silver plated perfume bottle top, which was popular during the Victorian times. The ones pictured below might not be silver plated/metal; I really can't tell from the quality of the pic, but there were many metal top perfume bottles during that era. Breezie

The metal is pretty thick.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I thought it might be a top to a perfume bottle. I think I see DG but its probably just a scroll.

I agree; looks like a silver plated perfume bottle top, which was popular during the Victorian times. The ones pictured below might not be silver plated/metal; I really can't tell from the quality of the pic, but there were many metal top perfume bottles during that era. Breezie

The metal is pretty thick.

I think those perfume stoppers are almost solid. It looks like silver plated pot metal. Good pic Breezie. I couldnt find one.

 

[dg39]

Top to tea pot.
DG

 

[AlabamaRelic]

Part of an old trophy?

 

[SkyPirate]

Part of an old trophy?

Could be.

 

[AlabamaRelic]

My wife has a side business making trophy's and plaques. I get to help her when I'm not working. That's why I thought it looked like one.

 

[Dedimus]

I could tell you that it resembales the roach clip me and chong marion lost while shooting an intoxicating commercial but, mine was not silver it was painted white.