Brass Scale Weight?

[diggerranger]

I found this a view days ago at a Colonial site. I first thought it was a clock part or a door knob, but then I realized I could not see where it would attach to anything. It is solid brass and weighs around 4 ounces. I am thinking a scale weight but not sure. Any ideas?
Thanks

 

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[namxat]

Well, at first look yes a weight does make sense, yet in most cases the weight would be marked on it, so I am rather sceptical.

Does the "around four ounces" make sense in another syste (e.g. 100 grams)?

Perhaps a paperweight, a sinker or something. At least it would make cool paperweight ....


Greets namxat

 

[Tony in SC]

Odd piece, good find. Not a scale weight.

 

[ARC]

Looks like it may open... or is that just machining line ?

 

[Terry In Florida]

wonder if its a door knob?

 

[diggerranger]

It is perfectly symmetrical. Nothing showing attachment. It was over a foot deep in a old colonial site under a tombac.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Based on it's small size, my guess is that it's a drawer pull knob that's been broken off it's base.
Being turned over for years in abrasive plow soil might cause it to look polished like this.

Dave

 

[A2coins]

Really hard ti Id that for sure

 

[Terry In Florida]

Had an idea, what about a bottle cap. Like a ladies perfume bottle cap...

Maybe the ring on the one side is not brass and is just with really old debris or mud fill that became solid.

I thought maybe a top on a cane and the circle is wood fill that became hardened, but it seems small and not as rounded, ball like, for a cane top...

I think that ring is a different material...

 

[ARC]

Paperweight IMO.

 

[HuntinDog]

It's a Drain Plug for a wash basin