What on earth is this? (Unidentified object found on fireplace) (Ed.)

hounddog5 · Monday at 3:13 PM

Found it on top of a 90s fireplace. House is a repossession.

foxhole · Monday at 3:20 PM

Old box wrench?

Koolpc · Monday at 3:22 PM

It a helmet for a pigmy dwarf warrior...circa 1400..

hounddog5 · Monday at 3:23 PM

Not made of metal. It's something breakable as the end came off in my hand.

carmanmemoranda · Monday at 3:32 PM

What sort of size is it ?

hounddog5 · Monday at 3:33 PM

Lengthways, the size of a small hand

noseall · Tuesday at 7:36 AM

hounddog5 said:
Found it on top of a 90s fireplace. House is a repossession.

Fantastic photo, by the way. Were you fleeing from it when you clicked?

Justin Passing · 2024-11-13T06:09:13+0000

Aerator for a coal fire. (or DFE gas fire). Clay pot.
?

ktuludays · 2024-11-13T07:07:43+0000

hounddog5 said:
Not made of metal. It's something breakable as the end came off in my hand.

Metal can corrode to the point of being breakable by hand

noseall · 2024-11-13T07:27:13+0000

ktuludays said:
Metal can corrode to the point of being breakable by hand

Not when it's still over 1/2 inch thick it won't.

Old Salt · 2024-11-13T13:25:29+0000

Yep, that’s just rusty metal.