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[dugupfinds]

Brass with an off centre hole in the top & two holes in the side.

Not a bell.

 

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[dugupfinds]

I am beginning to see it now....candle snuffers did have ornate handles or side decorations such as Cherubs, Angels....etc...cold have been torn off over time...Still worth keeping....either way Nice Find!

If something on the outside was ripped of the metal would bow outward not inward. Unless you mean the cherub was pulled through the hole from the inside

 

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[Michelle]

nah....Can I ask another stupid Question Is it brass...and if it is ,you say it doesnt make a ding noise like a brass bell would "if it were a bell".....Question....Say it IS a bell...would it ding as loud having holes in it? Be Easy on my dumbself

 

[Jagdpanther]

small end of a german wedding cup.

 

[dugupfinds]

nah....Can I ask another stupid Question Is it brass...and if it is ,you say it doesnt make a ding noise like a brass bell would "if it were a bell".....Question....Say it IS a bell...would it ding as loud having holed in it? Be Easy on my dumbself

No it would have the same resonance as a complete bell but would still sound kind of bell like. The problem with this Brass object is that it is to thick.

 

[dugupfinds]

small end of a german wedding cup.

Interesting suggestion, although the hole at the top/bottom depending on which way up it is would some how attach to the head of the women. This bolt would ruin the decor??

 

[mech]

maybe a small rod inside of it.. one side popped out the other was ripped out which explains the shape of the damaged hole. Why would it have a rod inside of it?? maybe something hung from it?
The "not a bell" didnt have to sound like a bell..just look like one..it hit the real bells??

http://www.windchime.com/wind-chimes/brass-wind-chimes/products.cfm?action=view&key=WS036

Just a guess

 

[Michelle]

why the edges...why the swirls inside gotta agree "Snuffer" can explain the holes "yet"

 

[Jagdpanther]

small end of a german wedding cup.

Interesting suggestion, although the hole at the top/bottom depending on which way up it is would some how attach to the head of the women. This bolt would ruin the decor??

The small cup does not attach to the head of the women, it swivels between her hands.

 

[Michelle]

small end of a german wedding cup.

Interesting suggestion, although the hole at the top/bottom depending on which way up it is would some how attach to the head of the women. This bolt would ruin the decor??

The small cup does not attach to the head of the women, it swivels between her hands.

8)

 

[dugupfinds]

small end of a german wedding cup.

Interesting suggestion, although the hole at the top/bottom depending on which way up it is would some how attach to the head of the women. This bolt would ruin the decor??

The small cup does not attach to the head of the women, it swivels between her hands.

Sorry, what I meant is how do you explain the hole at the top? See picture

 

[Michelle]

EGG ZAC LY..........Hmmm.......Snuffer

 

[dugupfinds]

EGG ZAC LY..........Hmmm.......Snuffer

Why would a snuffer have a off-centre hole?

 

[Michelle]

EGG ZAC LY..........Hmmm.......Snuffer

Why would a snuffer have a off-centre hole?

Hang on ....Be back with a solution....

 

[mech]

Too small for a german wedding cup... still "not a bell, but looks like a bell" , I would agree a candle snuffer but the holes dont make sense.

 

[AU24K]

Tried hanging it from a piece of string & hit it with a metal object & its far to thick & the wrong shape to make any sound that is even remotely like a bell.

Square one.......Snuffer...the inside of this THING has a swirl...also it looks double metaled "like a cup" inside the top of it...snuffer...

The swirl was possibly made by the milling tool used to hollow out the inside.
Scott

 

[diggummup]

why the edges...why the swirls inside gotta agree "Snuffer" can explain the holes "yet"

I can only say that those particular "swirls" on the inside were done by turning with a lathe in the production process,as well as the ones on the outside that were done for aesthetic purposes.
The one hole has definitely been "manipulated" after the manufacturing of this thing.You can see evidence of it being "punched".Maybe the "offcenter" hole in the top was done after manufacturing also.Maybe this thing was just made to "look" like a bell for some particular reason,doesn't have to sound like a bell to look like a bell.A lot of maybe's I know! Everything else is anybodys guess with this thing! Good luck!

 

[diggummup]

Upon further review, i'm thinking model railroad bell.

 

[mech]

I agree the swirls and edges have nothing to do with it ..just machining marks from the manufacture process.
uhhhg...

..there is no spoon...there is no spoon...there is no spoon...

 

[Michelle]

I agree the swirls and edges have nothing to do with it ..just machining marks from the manufacture process.
uhhhg...

..there is no spoon...there is no spoon...there is no spoon...

Okay Spork....How about a top piece to a hanging lamp shade...the hole in top for hanging the holes in the side to secure the shade

 

[mech]

Okay Spork....How about a top piece to a hanging lamp shade...the hole in top for hanging the holes in the side to secure the shade

offset hole..nope.

Did you call me spork? lol