Can anyone tell me what this is, please?

Is that square straight bit a blade, or sharp in any way ?

Could it be part of a buckle?

I think there is some way of searching Google with a photo, perhaps someone can tell you how?

Could be part of a horse's harness ? Brass.

Thanks for the responses.

No, Ellan not sharp at all.

Nonnie be a damn big buckle!

I have asked someone who is pretty knowledgeable about antiques and such like, he has no idea.

For info, it is about 22.5 cm (9" ) across the bottom, and about 17cm (7" )high, not including the handle.

Ah, I didn't know it was that big!

Sorry Nonnie I did try asking Mr P to hold it to give an idea of size and scale, but he was "busy"

Ha - didn't know about reverse image searches, but I do now.
Here's what you need to do Phoenix:
www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/11/5-ways-to-use-google-reverse-image.html

Let us know if you find out what it is.

I tried the Google picture search but it did not find anything.. just suggested a locket!!

The shape cut out within it looks like a common shape for architrave? A cutting guide perhaps?

phoenix, it's obvious to me that it's a 'thingy'!

GA completely confuddled!

muffin but why make it out of brass? Why the handle? Surely too small for an architectural architrave?

kitty behave!

DHs grandma had something similar. It was for putting military uniform brass buttons through when polishing them so polish didn’t go on the uniform.

I was thinking of a buckle or such like .

J52 & Nelliemoser too big, see measurements in previous post!

J52 I was going to say that. My father had a button stick (see pic) for polishing buttons too. This thing could be for polishing a bigger buckle? You would thread the webbing belt through the hole, leaving the brass buckle on the outside, then the Brasso wouldn't mark the webbing.

You could clean the brass on a horse's harness with it, as well as a military belt.

Thanks for the suggestions, but don't think any have nailed it.

Its obvious, its a moustache drawer oner!

Variations of brass polishing / uniform protection items here?

Not anything like it, are they Lisagran? But thank you for posting them.

Kateykrunch !!!

That one on the left is a similar shape.

The hole is, I mean, not the shape of the whole thing.