SOLD Golden Top Hat with Great Patina (and Hole at Center for Unknown Purpose!) folding cup Both eyes change from wide

Both eyes change from wide eyed blue (a little bloodshot around the edges) to closed

pen holder

4 1/8" x 3" at base

I'd call this a portrait of an Irish poet

SOLD Golden Top Hat with Great Patina (and Hole at Center for Unknown Purpose!) folding cup Both eyes change from wideI spotted this in a case alongside of a smaller sterling silver top hat and an antique tole painted top hat shaped coin bank, so seems likely it was once part of a top hat themed collection. I love the form of it, and the detail around the brim, and luxe feeling true gold color, and it seemed right for the season we approach tipping our hat to the new year. There is a small hole at the center of the top, the purpose of which I don't know; I've seen