Need help again

[kingdace]

Here's a fun find. No idea what it is at this point. Its brass with a plane of glass. The site it was found it at produces from early 1800s to 1940's. It clearly opens but it will surely break if I try. Im working on it. Let me know your thoughts!

 

[The Bushwhacker Detectorist]

Interesting. Window for a children’s play house?

 

[stetam]

Furnace pilot light window

 

[hoser]

That is really cool. No idea what it could be. Hope you get an answer.

 

[spence]

Looks like a flip up sight glass but more for a tool like a surveyors transit.

 

[kingdace]

Looks like a flip up sight glass but more for a tool like a surveyors transit.

Thats pretty much where im leaning. I can't find anything close on-line though.

 

[Fe Man]

I messed with Google AI to try and find an answer. It seems to really feel it is a high-end Victorian dollhouse window, and a sample window for door-to-door salesmen of the period. It wants to rule-out a surveyor's transit or tool because of the imprecise nature of the cross-hairs.

I tried.

 

[kingdace]

Found it! Camera view finder. Thanks all for the guesses.

 

[Jose159]

Wow! great job on the ID and really cool find!