Brass church vase?

Grabbed this today. Bit of an odd one. Closest I can get is a church vase. Can't find anything by way of manufacturer. It's 19cm tall and has some numerals on the base. Not sure if they read 8616 or 9198.

Looking at the base, I think they must have stopped making um this way a long time ago.

 

Going back tomorrow to see if there is any lead on the roof.

 

aint never seen a patina like that on brass before, didn't even think it possible
but if the base is anything to go by its got good age

would like to see it against a plain background please sir

 

Isn't plain ol' sofa good enough?

 

There we go. Plain ol' blue and a plain ol' 'Huge Boss' black t-shirt I bought in Turkey 23 years ago.

The card is from The Range. They do loads of colours in A2 for £1.65.

I agree it's an odd colour. Bronze maybe?.

 

yeah i don't know its an odd one for sure, but quite classy

wonder if that patina has developed through handling.

looking at the base think we can rule out brass, the top area looks more gilded than brass

 

The base is a different metal. Ferrous I think. The bottom 'cone' forms a laminate over this. I think this is brass. Then the metal above that is a different colour again.

 

ahh i see, base is a different piece

quite a few pop up on image search of the new pics all stating church altar vases with very similar forms, i quite like em

 

I found a pair exactly the same. Then when you click on the search result, something completely different. Grrrr

 

yeah , I hate when that happens...... stupid intra net webbby !!!!

 

Interesting thing. The first photos made me think there’s somekind of film cover/wrap on the middle section (I know that can’t be right,but the shine just looked so odd) In the other photos not so much. In one it looks bronze and then brass in the other. Definitely a combination. Anyway nice find!