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By Pamela Wiggins, About.com Guide to Antiques since 1999

Can You Identify this Mystery Object?

Wednesday October 1, 2008
I thought this little metal object shaped somewhat like a lighthouse was a lamp finial when I first saw it, but the person questioning its use informed me that it's flat on the bottom with no threading. Given that, I'm fresh out of bright ideas. Do you have any idea what it is?

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October 4, 2008 at 8:11 pm
(1) alice walker young says:

About that lighthousey type o’thingy …
could it be a plumbbob or an archaeologist’s datum?

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