Sweet Little Antique Carved Acorn Finial in Gold and Black travel kit with a 1873 patent date

with a 1873 patent date

like a spruce gum box

wherever you go

which would pull up in front of the platform to unload milk

Sweet Little Antique Carved Acorn Finial in Gold and Black travel kit with a 1873 patent dateI'm not sure what this smallish carved acorn finial once topped, but I love it just as a sculptural little carving, all the better for the old gold and black paint on it. Found in New Hampshire, I believe it is American, and I'd guess late 19th c. The recess at the very center of the top does not appear to be a hole, just a recess, but it does seem to invite piercing it should one wish to, say, fly a little flag on top. 4" t x 2" wide and deep and in