Unknown Magnifying Headlight or I Can See You

Need help here.... do not know what this light is. Looks like it should be on top of an expensive headlight. Magnifing front lense, smaller side lense. Any help? Need one or trade this one.......

 

Made of brass, about 5 inches long. The no markings is what interests me. Thanks for any help.........

 

Whatever it is, it looks cool!

 

I will bring this one up to the top for a little while to see if I can find a mate.......thanks everyone.
Heyo, any more pictures....no problemo..................

 

Looks more nautical than automotive. What context did you find it in? Junk yard or junk store?

 

E gay. The side not magnified lense is more then interesting. Gotta be automotive because of the one sided of it.

 

I hope so!!!! Wanna make an investment?

 

a lighthouse light???

 

or some type of projector.....spotlight

 

Looks like it's from a Martian ship from the original War of the Worlds movie.

 

Captain Nemo called, the Nautilus is missing a marker light.

I can't help you, but it looks nautical... and cool... to me.

 

It's not off a horse-drawn carriage, is it?

 

LOL! OK,I'll say it. It might be from a 36 Henway... There I did it.

 

Maybe something to do with trains???

 

Maybe a projection beam cowl light??

 

Or an acetylene lamp, like early miners lamps that you fueled with calcium carbide and water.


Edit:
I'm bettin' the threaded lower portion is where the fuel container screwed on.

 

No vent on it and no soot on the inside...............

 

Dammit!

 

Nope. The Martian light had 3 lenses.

 

Polished this thing up, F#@k patina....Even put on my glasses, no #'s or marks.

 

No clue but it is cool just the same.

 

Looks like an e&j cowl lamp. They did make a few

 

A clue?!? Thanks Murocmaru.

 

E and J cowl light on Google................

 

Nope.....A complete different light, much better though.............

 

I am going out on this one but navy ships have somthing like this on both sides of the jiro compus that checks the true cource of the ship.

 

Checked out giro compasses, nothing....

 

That would be "gyro compass". Here is a vintage Sperry....

Yours looks like a European car cowl lamp.

 

The one you have and one more will make two of those that I've seen.

 

That was my first thaught.