Need help with identification please!

[mj-air23]

I found this in my local church yard. They were doing some excavating and I dug this up before all the dirt got moved around. It has a screw hole in the end and it looks like it might be made of brass. Any ideas?? Thanks for looking!

 

[GoGoGopher]

Fence topper...goes on the tops of the fence posts???

That or drawer pull of some type?

HH,

 

[Bell]

yep my guess is the top of a wrought (sp?) iron fence.

 

[fenian13]

I was thinking fence trim myself but did they use brass? Most old fences I've seen are all of the same material. Never saw a brass fence. But I'm no fence expert either.

Nice symmetry and ornate design to whatever it is. Cool relic.

 

[mj-air23]

but I am not sure they would use brass material either...It appears to be either brass or bronze.

 

[thepest]

how big is it??? looks more like a lamp fenial to me.....

 

[GoGoGopher]

Lamp fenial is looking good to me now...

HH,

 

[Kossie]

Coffin ornament

 

[407floyd]

It's a finial. There's probably a market for antique finials with that nice old patina. Someone has a Tiffany lamp with a missing finial, etc.

 

[JEFraze]

might be a flag post final

 

[Marcus Detectus]

Fence topper...goes on the tops of the fence posts???

That or drawer pull of some type?

HH,

Gets my vote.

 

[ojm bc]

n/t

 

[shilohwig]

curtain rod end or lamp finial or shade holder

 

[edjcox]

Coffin key?