Guessing:
10 - Maybe part of an old (since it isn't decorative) swing-bar assembly of a casket handle, that, for some reason, has been removed, broke off, fell off?
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"casket hardware" ---> sites ---> several pics of various hardware with somewhat similar (?) round/rod parts: Tips, escutcheons, hinge caps, but nothing exactly as pictured in the initial post.
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