ID this please

[anthonyjay]

Could anyone advise me on this. I think it may be a spur rowel, hence the added imaging

[Spooyt Vane]

Spur rowels are usually like stars and i wonder if it is a part of georgian pastry jigger ?

[anthonyjay]

Thanks Spooyt, I can see where you are coming from and inclinded to agree with your comment.

[Chef Geoff]

It does look a little fragile for a rowel as those arms would quite easily cut in to flash and break off, personally I would say it's the centre from a toy wheel.

[anthonyjay]

Thanks Chef that makes it even more interesting. It has a very heavy patina and the longest point is full length with no breakage. Thanks for your input

[anthonyjay]

I have just looked up Spur Rowells on the 'net and there are plenty that seem to fit this artefact. It is made of brass/copper alloy and is quite difficult to bend. The age may be 17/18th C

[Mike]

chinese  death star  or the inside part of a plug hole / drain

[anthonyjay]

An archaeologist has just told me this is a 18th century rowell because the terminals are round. Five pointed rowells were common in the 15th - 18th centuries, but tended to be more pointed.