Heavy brass pot

This is no longer fit to carry liquids due to the lengthy crack in the side. It was destined for the scrap bucket but I just don’t know if it is just an Indian brass pot or something else that maybe had a religious purpose. There’s some faint patterning around it. I’d like to be sure before it’s melted. It’s very heavy at 945 grams and 5 inches tall. Thanks for looking and any advice.
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Nice spitoon!

 

As long as it doesn’t get too full!
Think it may have been used as an ashtray as it had ash in the bottom, at least I hope it was cigarette ash.

 

I'd use that as a planter, rather than melt it.

 

It’s gone into the scrap pile. I found 2 this weekend from the jumble that I prefer for planters for £3 the pair.

 

Those are nice. Indian, 19th C, hm?

 

I don’t know, perhaps the larger one is 19th, I thought the smaller one might be 1950s as I found another the same online that stated that. There was a lot of brass at this jumble, I quickly picked out what I thought was the oldest pieces with these two but I’m still wondering if I should have bought the brass tea set there with tray. Heavily embossed in the same way an Indian silver tea set would be, but I thought who would want to drink tea from it and polish it so I left it but I’ve been unable to find another set online and still wondering if I missed a trick.