✅ SOLVED Lead filled disk\plate? Button?

[OutdoorAdv]

I dug this the other day in the yard of a house dating to the 1890's, however in an area that could go back to mid 1800's. It appears to be the worlds largest button! ha It feels like its lead filled and about 2 1/2" in diameter. The back has a bump out that looks to have a channel that goes through it to attach it to something maybe. I started to pick out the channel, but the lead was brittle and I didn't want to break it off.

Front:


Back:



Side view of back: Can see on either end where it appears to have a channel that goes through the bumped out piece.



Any ideas!? Thanks in advance.

 

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[OutdoorAdv]

I just added "Rosette" to my "lead filled" search term and I see ones that are similar. But I just see ones with a metal hook cast into the lead... nothing with the backing like this one. Could it be a Rosette?

 

[Iron Patch]

Could be something like a drawer pull.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It is an antique clock's pendulum-weight. The main ID-clue is the wide flat "tunnel" through the hump on your disc's back... that is where clock-pendulum's long shaft fit through to attach the disc. The clock-pendulum weights on the shafts in the photo below are "fancier," but they shed light on what I'm talking about.

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like a lid? Tony

 

[OutdoorAdv]

It is an antique clock's pendulum-weight. The main ID-clue is the wide flat "tunnel" through the hump on your disc's back... that is where clock-pendulum's long shaft fit through to attach the disc. The clock-pendulum weights on the shafts in the photo below are "fancier," but they shed light on what I'm talking about.

Cannonball Guy, I think you might be right. Your suggestion gave me some better search terms and I found some similar images. Although, most pendulums I saw have a "tunnel" that goes through the center, a few styles have the "tunnel" off the back like the one I dug.





Thanks for all the suggestions. It's impressive how different people see the stuff we dig as something totally different. I was stuck on this being some sort of button or rosette... and was toothpicking the front just hoping for some detail to be revealed.