No, these are not Christmas decorations. My girlfriend is searching the house where her grandmother and her aunt have lived…

is that they are antique household weights. In older homes, heavy metal parts were commonly used in mechanical systems that relied on gravity and balance to function properly, long before modern electrical or plastic mechanisms existed.

One strong possibility is that they are curtain or drapery weights. These were attached to fabric to help curtains hang evenly and stay in place, especially in larger or more formal homes where appearance and symmetry mattered.

Another explanation is that they could be clock weights. Traditional mechanical clocks used suspended metal weights that

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