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Some guesses from friends were a saxaphone reed to an automobile horn??? It is a little over 2 inches long and the round end is about 3/8 in diameter. Not sure what the metal is but guessing brass or copper. The name on the top is "RUBES" Did a google search and there were hundreds of hits and almost as many definitions. It was found in an 1800's era site.
Was it found near water? It also looks somewhat like the reed from an old mouth-blown foghorn. Original would have had a tinned sheet steel megaphone abt 14 inches long and 4-5 in. dia at open end and a wooden handle/mouthpiece that held the reed.
