New SE user gets the shinies!.... ID help needed please

[jcooking]

Been detecting for a few years with another kind of machine and decided to get an SE Pro to try out this year. I was patiently waiting for the ground to thaw, spending my time reading about the machine and watching Youtube videos, hahaha. Anyways I got out for a few hours and pulled over 50 clad coins, 2 junk rings, 3 wheats,Museum of the Rockies token, my first ever Susan Anthony dollar, SE's first silver coin (64 rosie), and a silver whatsit. It looks like some sort of container or vessel, but not sure. It is marked sterling and the flower end of it is crushed and looks like at one point it was more of a bulb shape. The open end of the whatsit has crimps like it was either hooked to something or plugged with something. It is small and reminds me of a snuff bottle, but that is just a wild guess. Anyone know what this is? Thanks for looking and any help you can give on ID. Love this machine, the deep signals are a lot stronger than I am used to.
HH!
jcooking

 

[Hotcz70]

Nice digs J.

Not sure about the "whatzit"...but somebody will be able to ID it I'm sure. Pretty neat whatever it is.

 

[Yeasty]

Could be the handle from an antique hair brush or hand mirror. I found one very similar.

 

[Great Republic]

Neat find. Looks like an old handle like for a brush and mirror set.

 

[onemore]

I have a couple similar silver handles - someone also suggested an old letter opener?

 

[jcooking]

Thanks all for the comments, look forward to getting out again and getting familiar with my new "friend"!

 

[Gilly in Illinois]

May be a handle from a magnifying glass?

 

[Dave-IL]

Good hunt jcooking.

 

[Bell]

back in the day the handles of silverware mirrors etc were often made hollow to save on silver, at some point it became trendy amongst the ladies to turn the handles of those items which had outlived their usefulness into bud vases which could for instance be worn on the chest like a broach. I think that is what you have there.