Ornate piece of broken metal. Utensil? Serving piece?

[CoilToTheSoil]

Found on a property that has been occupied since the 1800s. No idea what this could be or what it is made out of. It was about 6" down, cleaned only with water. I was thinking a piece of some sort of ornate serving dish or utensil? Maybe someone here will recognize.

 

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[Rustynailsandscrews]

Photo's aren't great, but by looking at them it looks like it was a cast metal with maybe some silver plate.
If it where a dish or serving utensil it was cheaply made. Have you tested it ?

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

Tested as in how? Sorry still new to the hobby and learning the ropes.

 

[DCMatt]

It's really hard to say what it was without having a few more bits to judge the shape.

But if someone was twisting my arm for an ID I say early 20th C candy/bonbon/nut dish.

 

[dogteam]

Stab in the dark...I'm thinking another direction...the design looks Eastlake, perhaps a piece of a doorplate or some other hardware like a drawer pull?

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

Ill have to go see if I can dig up other pieces. The old farmhouse was destroyed in a fire and the remnants were pushed a few hundred yards into a berm. This was not in the debris field but could very well be part of the house. Ill see if theres more around somewhere

 

[ctalmadg]

Stab in the dark...I'm thinking another direction...the design looks Eastlake, perhaps a piece of a doorplate or some other hardware like a drawer pull?

I agree... or maybe a ornate portion of a hinge.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

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