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

They might also be window sash weights, hidden inside walls in older buildings. These were connected to pulleys and cords to balance heavy wooden windows, allowing them to open and close smoothly without effort.

To identify them more precisely, factors like exact weight, size, surface markings, and whether there are numbers or symbols are important. Finding many identical pieces together usually suggests they belonged to a shared mechanical system.

Rather than being thrown away, objects like these often turn out to be remnants of older technology. What seems mysterious today may once have been a simple, functional part of everyday household life, now preserved as a quiet piece of history.