Help identifying item with 5262

Hi everyone! I’ve tried searching for any info on the number 5262 on the bottom of a metal decor piece I have. It looks like a metal candle holder but it screws together and is about 6 pieces total. I honestly am not sure what the original purpose of the item is, but I loved the way it looked. I tried uploading photos but kept getting an error message. Does anyone have any insight on the 5262 marking?

I purchased at a thrift store and don’t have any additional history.

 

Hi Rachel,
Welcome to the board.
We are going to need pictures. Yours are probably too big.
So if you are using your phone, email them to yourself as Med., save them then post from there.
If your pictures are on your computer, you will need to resize to 800x600mb

We'll be able to help you once you post your pictures. Use the post reply button to add them to this thread.

 

Ok, adding photos thanks for feedback.

I’m wondering if it’s an inkwell? I’ve been searching for a bit and I’m stumped. I’m surprised I haven’t been able to find anything correlated to the 5262 on the bottom.

All help is appreciated! Thank you!!

 

You did good.
Now you need to go to the post with the picture, click Edit, More Options. Next to the image it says Full Image click that.
People on phones can't see your pictures.

 

Then, press FULL IMAGE so we see them like this:

 

And just so you know. Edit disappears after awhile.

 

Sorry, cluttered...

Does the "ball" in the center move, come off, anything?

 

Yes, it does. The entire flower/stand comes apart. It’s held together by the one long screw at the bottom that you see in one of the photos.

 

Can you show us what is looks like when it is taken apart?

 

How can it be an inkwell, when there doesn't seem to be a well? What am I missing?

 

looks like a ring holder.............

 

How big is it?

 

I think it is the base to a 1970s glass and metal compote/bowl.
The glass was most often from W. German or Italy. Although occasionally American.
You can see in the green one a little of the metal that screws on and holds the bowl in place.