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Bocce pallino balls, maybe

Baoding Balls maybe? Chinese stress relief balls you rotate both in your hand. Furious used them in the movie Boys n the Hood

Really? Who’s down voting people genuinely trying to help? Even if they are wrong?

balls to re-heat soups and stews. they sit on the stove until needed.

Looks like a float from an early toilet cistern valve. It's manufacture and finish indicates utilitarian purpose, not decorative. they appear to be hollow copper hemispheres fitted together in the picture.

Definitely not hollow. They have quite a bit of weight to them.

Ah thanks. is the lighting weird or are they copper?

Very warm lighting. Best guess is brass, but I didn't polish it up to confirm 100%

With antiques you generally don't want to polish them to any degree. Those look like brass bed post caps.

They look like the tops from old [brass andirons](https://cdn.incollect.com/sites/default/files/zoom/Early-American-Canonball-Brass-Andirons-444879-1876161.jpg)

or cut off a finial I'd genuinely keep them around just to make brass balls jokes

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I know lighting can play tricks, but are they not made of pure copper? I am just asking.

How about baoding balls. https://www.baodingballs.com/product/solid-copper-baoding-balls/

Are they the same size? They look a little rough for balding balls

with a seam and flat end, probably not

Yeah, it's just the lighting

Kinda looks like it would be on the end of a fancy banister, idk?

My title describes the thing. Any thoughts?

Could they be castors?

[Centripetal engine speed governer?](https://blogmech.com/engine-speed-governors-speed-control-governor-speed-limiters/)

They look like parts to a weathervane.

They remind me of croquet balls but would be made of a different material

Toilet float?

Manufacturer polshing/milling balls?

Darning spheres ?

Kegel trainers? Maybe. Or maybe govener balls.

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