ID on 2 interlocked snakes

[tesorobandit]

Measures 2.5 inches across.
Thanks

 

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[duggap]

Just a guess, but it looks like a drawer pull.

 

[DigIron2]

I dont know!but it is pretty neat.From some stuff i read,allot of snake motifs were used in the 18th century and earlier. neat find

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Possibly part of a door knocker?

 

[yaxthri]

What does the back side look like? Is there any sign how it was once attached if it was attached, but looks like it anyway....

 

[BosnMate]

I see a faint outline of a hole in the right hand flange. Is it in fact a hole filled with dirt, where it was perhaps pinned to something?

 

[tesorobandit]

No holes in the two shank ends