copper or brass thingy, looks like a witches hat

[Diggincoinz]

I got this from the 1851 home last weekend, it's difficult to get a good pic of it. It's about 3 inches tall, one inch across at the bottom. It has victorian looking detail to it, flowers and beeds stuff. And it is hollow inside but the tip has like a lead weight in it. It's got me boggled.

Chris

 

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[JakePhelps]

Thimble?

 

[DigEmAll]

A bobbin or whatever those are called. The thing that thread is put on. Just a guess.

 

[kodad]

just a guess--something you put on yoiur nightstand to hold your rings?

 

[jopher]

Just a wild stab.I saw something that looked like that once.It was a bud vase/early auto accessory.very small and mounted on the dash somehow.Model-T era....Really cool find whatever it is.....JO

 

[littleneckhalfshell]

I got this from the 1851 home last weekend, it's difficult to get a good pic of it. It's about 3 inches tall, one inch across at the bottom. It has victorian looking detail to it, flowers and beeds stuff. And it is hollow inside but the tip has like a lead weight in it. It's got me boggled.

Chris

chris, how do you know it is hollow? and what is that dark spot on the side of it in the picture? is it a hole? or is the base have a hole in it, like a hat would?
my initial thought would be that it was the cone of a candle snuffer, just missing it's stick, but for it to be that, the bottom would have to be hollow and for their to be a hold in the side for the stick or rod to be attached to.

 

[BuffaloBob]

My wife thinks it might possibly be a mending tool for repairing ladies gloves. Slip the glove finger on it to hold it steady while repairs are made?

(I won't even tell you what she first thought it was!)

 

[Diggincoinz]

chris, how do you know it is hollow? and what is that dark spot on the side of it in the picture?? is it a hole?? or is the base have a hole in it, like a hat would?
my initial thought would be that it was the cone of a candle snuffer, just missing it's stick, but for it to be that, the bottom would have to be hollow and for their to be a hold in the side for the stick or rod to be attached to.
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littleneckhalfshell, the hole is from the metal being broken off a bit and bent, it has a thin metal plate surounding it that has flowery detail to it also and it is hollow inside. The property owner first thougth too that it might be a candle snuffer but there's nothing there to attach a handle to, I was thinking that it might go to a taylor for something.

 

[rvbvetter]

Looks like something a "Mad Proctoligist" would use.

Unique find. HH

 

[ctalmadg]

Candle Snuffer?

 

[lonewolfe]

cool!

 

[lehidan]

nice picture of a bare butt bafalo bob the glasses and added nose is a nice touch

 

[BuffaloBob]

nice picture of a bare butt bafalo bob the glasses and added nose is a nice touch

Some say I look a little like Tom Cruise with my sunglasses on.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I think this goes to an antique napkin holder....many had "bud vases" made from brass,silver,glass etc that inserted into the top of the holders ...the size and shape is about right......

 

[Gigisdiamonds]

Oh all of you are good! I had a few of your very thoughts but? you have expressed them so well why try myself? It sounds too heavy to be a man lapel flower holder. Like the detective Poirot on the Agatha Christie movies wears. What kind of metal is it?? Have you come to any conclusions about that yet? Where the hole in the side, could it be from where a handle was or a pin? Looking forward to finding out! I think it just maybe the napkin holder like gypsy suggested. Hey gypsy even post a pic to show us all ! lol?
Can anyone beat that?


? ?HH Gigi

 

[rvbvetter]

? ? ? I would show the one my Proctoligist uses,? but it wouldn't be pretty.? ? ? HH

It looks like one of those props that are normally covered in felt or velvet, that they have a diamond ring on in the jewelry store display. HH

 

[ruso]

I think is the top part of an umbrella. inside goes the stik to handle.
regards
ruso

 

[Monty]

I've seen similar filled with water and place into a receptacle for flower buds. Monty

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Early schoolteachers sometimes used a "dames' thimble" to enforce discipline. This large heavy thimble was an instrument for "thimble knocking," that is, tapping unruly children on their heads. These thimles measured 2-4inches long.
One American city's thoroughfare earned the nickname "Thimble-Knocking Street" because ladies of the evening were said to tap thimbles against windows to attract passersby.
Besides the term "thimble knocking," the tiny size of the thimble begat the reference "just a thimble full," meaning a very small amount. Thimbles designed as spirit measures and inscribed "Just a Thimble Full" or "Only a Thimble Full" were popular in the 1800's. Two to five inches tall and made from glass, silver, gold and other metals, these giant thimbles were sometimes given as anniversa