Brass Turtle Information

[resteele]

This turtle appears to be cast or carved brass with crude head details.
It weights about 1 pound and is 2 3/4" inches long and 1 1/8" high by 2" wide. There are no markings
of any kind. It was found in a old lumbering town dating around
1850-1865. Is it a paperweight? A toy?

Thanks in advance for any information.

 

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[Monty]

Door stop.

 

[diggummup]

Too small for a doorstop,no?Nice find whatever it is.

 

[Rebel]

!Q

Yo! Rebel here: Lawd Gawd A'Mighty! diggummup... THAT is a WONDERFUL paper-weight... Have you seen the turtle go by? Long live da KGC!

 

[JARMAN]

Cool find what ever the ID,HH

 

[jon43]

paper weight

 

[downindixie]

I would go with paperweight,It may be my eyes,but it sure looks like there is some writing on the underside in the one picture,2/3 way to top of turtles underside view.

 

[Burdie]

It looks to me there is writing also on the underside. Nice find. Burdie