Brass Rifle Sling Attachment, Candlestick Holder Grip, or other??? What is It???

[bonepicker]

Found this odd item Saturday at the site where we dug 1812-1820's US Military Buttons, Half-dimes, a Carolus III 1/2 Real, a 1890 IHP, and a 1904 Barber dime this weekend.
It was packed with dirt and looked pretty interesting.
With all of the excitement from the other finds I forgot about this one.
This morning I tooth-picked all of the dirt out of it.
At first glance I thought it would be an ornate rifle sling attachment, especially because of the 2 rivets.
Then I kinda wondered that maybe the large disk should be turned at 90 degrees to hold a sling properly.
Now im kind of thinking maybe the disk/round part is for a finger to slide through, kind of what you would see attached to a candle stick holder.
If the hole weren't flattened I believe a mans index finger could slide through it.
Or maybe it is a grip for something else.
Any ideas what it could be for, or an age?
It looks like it could be quite old, and were not finding much modern in this field were hunting.
Thanks

 

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[ARC]

Candle holder ring.

 

[bonepicker]

Thanks AARC. During the initial cleaning my imagination was kind of running wild.
After further inspection I was thinking possible candle stick holder.
Im still learning about colonial and post-colonial relics and I just wanted to make sure it wasn't something other than what I was thinking.
Any ideas of possible age? Maybe from the type of rivets used.??

 

[ARC]

Def an old one... no screws... I would just be guessing out my arse ...
But if if had to say...
My guess would be well over 100 years old if not 200 sheesh could be 300.

These types of items are HARD... to date.

They have used old styles over and over through the years.

Ornately they duplicate old styles and "patterns" etc.

Usually the only way to date these items is by other items that can definitely be dated being found in conjunction.