Colonial copper bird?

[Eagle101]

My buddy found this at an old colonial cellar site. We are wondering what it is

 

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[CRUSADER]

Very stylized, looks like an up-side-down flower to me.

 

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[ggossage]

If it's a bird, it resembles a dove to me.