Not a detect find but you guys may have come across one. any ideas?
Only thing I can think of is a door stop but its not that heavy
It has no fixing holes to fix to anything. The hand bit unscrews from the base but I don't think its significant just the way its made

First guess would be a curtain tie-back hook but I'd have to do a bit of research.

Could it be half a door knob. I had brass door knobs with a metal bar that went through the hole. One knob with attached bar was poked through hole and screwed into the knob on the other side.

Heck, all this talk about screws, knobs and holes, I'm feeling quite light headed.

1) does the hand spin or is it stuck in place
2) the baton/pole in the hand, is that how it was originally or does it look like something's broken off?

Got no fixing holes

Sit down and take a glass of water Granny.Dont think it would be part of a door knob as its got no fixing points.

The hand bit is screwed tight and none of it moves. Possibly just a boring paper weight . Not even sure what it is the hand is gripping--just looks like a straight bar. Not broken off. Base and hand look different materials cast iron and brass. Pattern on base is oak leaves and acorns

I suggest a paper weight

just found this picture on net.

would tend to agree. quite a few with that hand design. one on ebay as well but different base

A paperweight would be flat bottomed .

Something to do with a bank ???

Art deco period.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/129095015/vintage-clenched-fist-heavy-solid-brass

Can't believe this......were back to the masonic lodge AGAIN !

http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-...-safe-door-handle-pull-clenched-rod.html

Could be the ornate piece that was attached to the top of the paperweight.




OR

It could well be a hybrid item, the metals look quite different on the two parts.

lid off something? maybe a pot or vase

I think your spot on DD, brass and cast and I think our granny maybe right also the brass could well be part of a door handle, such clever people here on Wiki, cry your eyes out Sherlock

I've seen one of those on a door in Winstanley Hall, Wigan:

Towel holder.

i am sure that i have seen a handle like this to open and close a ventilator on trains. It seems to have been a popular design of handle used all over the place. Mind you i am not always right but i am never wrong

You gave me a fright there Jeremy, thought wiki had been infiltrated by the Corbynites, but different spelling , phew!!!

Coincidentally I came across a statue of Sir Rowland Hill the other day with this ...

I think it's for holding jewelry. I had a similar one with same design which had one of the fingers sticking up, which was for putting rings on. It could of been cast at Stone Manganese marine.

saw another on on the antique roadshow on sunday. It was a screw or bolt holding the works 2gether in the back of a carriageclock. The clock was £3,000 so when the clock was made this hand/le design must have been popular for all sorts of uses, cheers