Tamper

[StevenK]

Hello,

I recently found this tamper in a ww1 scrap pile on a old abandoned farm in Flanders. Anybody here who can tell more about it? Origins, material, age,…? Not interested in the value, only in the history. Thnx in advance.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Considering the size of the base, it could be an old wax seal stamp.

 

[VDL_Piper]

The bottom is definitely ferrous, tops a little small but could be a corkscrew

 

[scloyd]

File:Post Medieval-Modern pipe tamper, hand clenching scroll (FindID 183926).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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[StevenK]

File:Post Medieval-Modern pipe tamper, hand clenching scroll (FindID 183926).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

commons.wikimedia.org

Yup. Found a lot of these type of design ones. Most of them dating 1600-1800’s. That’s why I immediately assumed this was one too.