what is this ????

found on a junkyard in belgium

there are nice flowers on it

Me thinks it's a tissue holder for the armrest of a 1930's sedan. I don't recognized the flower motif...

Frank

Probably a compact holder or note pad holder. Usually combined with an ashtray in the rear seat armrests.

looks like it could be the outer housing for a set of pinafore style turn signals (those that would pop out like flags). I detailed an old Rolls (from the teens) that had something like those.

I second the semaphore turn signal bezel id myself?

does somebody have a picture from the item in it's original place

i think it's to small for a turnsignal

I don't have a detailed picture of ones like in your picture, however they mounted vertically in the B pillar (between the front and rear doors) and a piece popped out like a flag indicating your intention to turn - I remember a set quite similar were on a '30 Rolls Royce. They were also used on many a Volkswagon Bugs in the 60's (although they were not as ornate).

They may also be the outer bezel for a light fixture that would be mounted in the same place.

Waaaaaay too short for turn signal bezel. Also, I don't know as if I've ever seen a fancy bezel like that around a turn signal.

I'm with Oldford and Luvtheclassics; to me, it looks to be something for the interior. Note pad holder.

This looks like the flange used around the speed control lever for a player piano.

They are from a '20s car and are for your iPod... One for each kid in the back seat.

A bezel around a foot rest. The slot is there to enable the footrest to move up and forward out of the way when someone enters the rear passenger compartment of a 20's sedan.