Brass plate with lion

[USMC18]

I was thinking maybe an old lid to a metal box but really not sure. It's very thin. Found at an 1800s house site

 

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[celtex]

I was thinking maybe an old lid to a metal box but really not sure. It's very thin. Found at an 1800s house siteView attachment 1823567View attachment 1823568

It is a rouge or makeup lid, 25 or 50 cents in 20s but date much earlier

 

[trdking]

I was thinking decor for a piece of furniture but I can see rouge tin top Leaning more towards furniture though

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

My eye's maybe playing tricks on me, but the area circled in red looks like the remains of solder.
Initially, I was thinking it was the lid to a snuff/tobacco tin, the area circled in green looks to be where a hinge might have been.

Nice find,
Dave

 

[trdking]

I do see the anomaly you speak of in the green circle and the look of solder at the center. A snuff box would seal tight so the stuff could not spill out the sides when closed and in a pocket? This appears to be aprox two washington .25 quarters high and three quarters wide. Fairly large enough to be a small belt buckle? That would explain the hinge and the remains of solder for a hook at the center?