Bronze thingamabob needs identified

[Plumbata]

ORIGINAL: Poison_Us
Ritual wine vessel to pour into a goblet or the mouth of Indiana Jones to turn him into a servant of Khali Ma..

I vote for this identification. []

 

[cyberdigger]

...boot warmer for a lumber jack??

 

[Dansalata]

PELICAN HEAD

 

[jcrlanger]

I agree with the incense burner idea. I wanted to see if I could find anything that comes close. Here is a silver one with a similar design. Also in the listing for this incense burner it does state the base is missing[]

here is the site - http://www.icollector.com/Incense-Burner-from-Augsburg_i1381179

Notice it does list circa 1730's, hope your's is as old

John

 

[bawtils]

Incense burner. The loop at the front was used to hold the stick in place over the lamp so the ash would fall inside and stop the incense from burning when it reached the end. Maybe from the 60's or 70's. -Dan

 

[towhead]

Reminds me of something to do with a shoe....????

-Julie