HI THERE, I was wondering if anyone could help me please identifying this object. It's made of iron or rather heavier metal. It's definitely not brass hence not trench art. Any guesses or any help at all would be highly appreciated. It was bought in a second hand shop.
Hi, magdaski, and welcome! How big is this item? It almost looks like a planter pot for the patio, but I'm probably way off base.
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Being in US I have no idea how big your coins are. Measurements are much more help. That being said. If it is about 5" hi & 3" across. Dice Cup would be my answer.
reminds me at them Victorian horseback cannonball holders. But these are made from leather to reduce weight and also larger. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...wOnSAhUBsxQKHXn5ADsQ_AUIBygC&biw=1204&bih=654 yours look like a decorative cast of a antique leather water bucket or made to look like it because of the stitching's holes seen where it was kept together. probably anytime 1900s.
I think it could be an 18th C. Measuring cup, or one made more recently in an unindustrialized country. The disc and fractional disc are what says "measure" to me. Those discs are probably symbols for numbers and fractions, and look like the pictorial equivalent of "1 2/3 cups" or something similar. Don't clean it! The patina is wonderful. The cup or bucket looks like it was in daily use, handled many times a day, for at least 100 years. The V&A museum in London has a large metalwares collection and may be able to help ID it.
