Found at Revolutionary War Era Site

[PA Sleuth]

Made of copper, looks like a fleur de lis

 

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[Crappies-n-Coins]

My 1st guess would be weathervane/lightning rod.

 

[BosnMate]

Fence topper.

 

[BosnMate]

Got to thinking, probably being copper or bronze, top of flag pole, guide-on, unit colors, or national colors


Present day US Military.

This one is Boy Scouts, but it gives you the idea.

Brass military.

 

[ARC]

IMO...
Tis decorative in nature... and looks like bronze in pic...
If functional...
I would guess a "linstock" tip...
Shape is not Fluer di lis...
It is ranseur or corseque shape / tip.

Like from polearm.

 

[kingskid1611]

jousting tip from a jousting pole.......ok that was just my guess, I am not an expert

 

[PA Sleuth]

Cleaned up, I thought about the flag pole top, which is possible, too flimsy to be a polearm or weapon, almost sure it is copper and not brass

 

[ARC]

Agreed... wit Flag STAFF top

I still say bronze. :P

 

[ARC]

Actually...
I am thinking... copper plated curtain "sheer" rod end now.

J/k No idea..
Could be rod spike... vane part etc.
Might be hard to peg this one...
Maybe someone round here will recognize it.

 

[Vino]

I got it!

 

[PA Sleuth]

I got it!

All you got George is a team that sucks worse than the Eagles, if that is possible

 

[smokeythecat]

Some very old decorative fences had tops to their upright bars like that.

 

[ARC]

Some very old decorative fences had tops to their upright bars like that.

Yes.. It does resemble a fence / gate post finial.
But...
I have never seen a copper fence or gate... Not that there has never ever been one...
I have never personally seen one.

 

[BIGSCOTT]

The things on top of a flagpole, weather it be a ball, an eagle, or whatever are known as a ''TRUCK''
although the actual truck is the pulley at the top of the flagpole used to hoist the flag.

 

[PA Sleuth]

Fence top finial close examples, I think we are getting close

 

[Crappies-n-Coins]

Yes.. It does resemble a fence / gate post finial.
But...
I have never seen a copper fence or gate... Not that there has never ever been one...
I have never personally seen one.

Agree, why put copper ornaments on a steel/iron fence?

 

[baspinall]

Most fence finials will be of the same metal. I'm going with a flagpole topper.