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Hole in one end only... the top. Does not go all the way through.

Made of clay

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LookingGlassJewelry [deleted] says:

Roman ceramic jar is my guess. For perfumed oil perhaps or olive oil for the bath (although looks pretty small for that).
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

gl0ri-Polymermania says:

It's not roman, you have to see their dresses, maybe medieval or modern. It could be something similar to a stamp used in documents, something like this:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagen:Sealtaglarge.jpg
It doesn't need a complete hole.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

rafaella13 says:

I was thinking seal cookie too. imprint looks to be male & female lowland folk (dutch/flemish) 16th c.-ish. Is the material terracotta as it appears or something else? My other thought based on my knowledge of rosaries/paternosters is that it might be some sort of prayer string finial.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

natashaorionova says:

I agree that the images are germanic, and I also agree that it could be a scent bottle. Can we tell if the hole is somehow sealed?
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

DoniCakes says:

This might be too simple, and way off the mark, but is it possible this is a spindle finial? The weight of something this size, in terracotta, would be about right for making lace-weight yarn out of silk or another very lightweight, soft yarn, and the hole not running all the way through would allow that a spindle might have been there at some point.

I agree that it looks more Victorian than anything else, with the style of the lady's clothing, and such hand spindles were often decorated. The only issue I can see is that it might not be perfectly balanced for spinning, but then again, in it's 'new' form, it might have been.

Just a thought! Good luck finding out what it is! :)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

ten,1,hunter says:

I beleave it was a paint'ed piece ???
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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