Metal Flower thingy

[ModernMiner]

I dug this up today at the farm property I've been searching. It is metal, about 3" tall, painted (old), and has designs on the top and side petals. I did not see any word on it anywhere.
Any idea what this is?
Thanks,
MM

 

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[junkdigger]

Table lamp base.Lamp post was in large hole,and the switch was in the small hole.

 

[Michelle]

Table lamp base.Lamp post was in large hole,and the switch was in the small hole.

 

[aa battery]

Lamp base

 

[TreasureTales]

Hmmm, seems too small to be a lamp base IMO. It might help if we knew which metal it is. Does a magnet stick to it? Brass is seldom painted. Tin was often painted. This thing appears to have a thick coating of paint, so perhaps it's tin?


The leaves are stylized acanthus leaves--a common design in old furniture and architecture.

 

[Montana Jim]

I also think it was a lamp base... probably holding a hurricane style globe?

I'm off to look for examples.

Maybe that's not a "switch hole" but a "match" hole? Hold the match through that hole to light a candle or better yet, a wick?

 

[Comanche Todd]

looks like it could be part of a ceiling fixture for a light bulb? and the hole might be where the pull chain was located for turning the light on or off?

 

[EDDE]

CEILING LAMP

 

[TreasureTales]

The kerosene lamps that I've seen had chimney supports that had a slot in the center for the flat wick that went from the base (kerosene reservoir) to the glass chimney where the flame burned. This item doesn't have a slot, it has a round opening. However, I think some wick was in fact round. So a chimney support may be the answer?

The thing I'm trying to describe is right in the center of the lamp. It supports the glass chimney.

After posting this, I still don't think the thing in question is part of a kerosene lamp, or a table lamp. It is painted and brass isn't painted normally. Is it brass or tin? Will a magnet stick to it?

 

[ModernMiner]

I tried a magnet, and it DOES stick to the piece.
-MM-

 

[TreasureTales]

I tried a magnet, and it DOES stick to the piece.
-MM-

AHA!!! So it could be iron, brass, or tin. Ugh, that doesn't narrow it down at all, does it!? Dang. Where is PBK? He'd know what it is I betcha.

 

[Comanche Todd]

maybe it could be the base for a wall light or porch light fixture?

 

[Michelle]

http://www.acrosstheboardwoodwork.com/lamp_bases_from_hannah_murphy_la.htm




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