🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Any ideas?

[NightHawk88]

Copper or brass? Idk how to tell the difference with the reddish patina.

The little rod going through the center can be removed in and out.

Found in an area where there could be something old but everything else I found was fairly modern.

Has the numbers 212 on one side of the rim and 62 (maybe another number here I can't make out)

Thanks in advance.

 

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[Tedyoh]

I think your red patina is actually red paint, which leads me to believe it's a part off an old toy fire engine or toy train maybe? w/e it is, it looks familiar.....

 

[DCMatt]

Maybe a filler cap of some kind just based on the shape and the flared bottom edge. Possibly from an oil lamp or burner. The "arm" on the top would have served as a "keeper" in lieu of a chain. I don't get the bar running through it, though...

 

[Bucket Lister]

I agree the red looks more like paint.
Are any of the parts magnetic?

It looks like the bent bar can rotate out of the way of the straight bar (thimking "aloud").

Do the ends of the bars look like they just rotted through, or might they have been cut/made that way?

If the "bell" is not magnetic, I think it's more likely brass than copper. YMMV.

 

[Limitool]

Some electrical component...?

 

[Blackfoot58]

Reminds me of a fusible link for something operated on DC current.
If so, the straight bar was once fused/soldered to the curved arm. When over-current occurs, it would melt apart to protect the device.
Just a guess.