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This measures approximately 24″ in length.
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Good guesses all! This is indeed a late 19th-century maritime brass fog horn.
Foghorn. Press the plunger and it forces air thru the whistle.
It appears to be an antique copper handpump fire extinguisher.
Is it handheld fumigation or steaming tool?
Vacuum cleaner
Insecticide duster or a fire extinguisher.
It’s an oil can for changing the oil in an old car. The skinny piece on the left side is the funnel that went into the car. You take off the top of the “can” that stored the oil and pour it into the funnel.
A ship’s/boat’s foghorn.
Hand pumped marine foghorn.
Isha Marine International VIntage Marine Ship’s Antiques Nautical Solid-Brass Horn | Plunger Fog Horn (I looked for it on Google Lens)
It’s some kind of horn. The cylinder is a bellows, pull the plunger up and press it back down to send air through the horn. A hand held fog horn for small boats, perhaps?
I believe it is an early fire extinguisher
fire extinguisher
Ship’s foghorn, plunger operated.
It’s a horn for a boat.
Moose call