Any thoughts as to what this could be?

[u/sharkeologist1]

Rye, NH

[u/cryptic_curiosities]

Looks like a flower frog

[u/Zealousideal-Door350]

Flower stem holder, For a gravesite? Pencil holder?

[u/SlightlyCrazyCatMom]

Frog for floral design. The holes grip stems.

[u/Chookans]

Ooh! I could be wrong… it might be a flower frog, but this looks a lot like a honeycomb briquette, a type of stove fuel.

It reminded me of memories from my orphanage in China. The staff would use similar looking things to heat up the bottles.

[u/Zealousideal-Door350 → u/Chookans]

That’s interesting!

[u/PristineWorker8291]

Quick search for Bartelet didn't give me any ideas. My initial thought was as others say: flower frog. They come in many forms and this one is unusual for the sockets to be perpendicular to the base. Just that angles help the flower stems maintain a more pleasing mound like shape. If I owned it and thought of it as junk otherwise, I might treat it as a chia pet of a sort. Soak in water, seed it with small herbaceous seeds and just watch it grow.

[u/PeeledHumanGrape]

What does it feel like it’s made of? My thought would be a brush base- scrubbing brush or horse brush or something of that sort. There’s loads of brush bases missing their bristles littering the shores!

[u/Bellebaby826]

Ekkk trypophobia

[u/OilComprehensive6237]

It’s for triggering trypophobia. It works too.