I haven’t done much detecting lately, but I got out this evening and dug this sweet little relic. I love the primitive work on it. I’m assuming it is colonial era, right? Drawer pull or something else? I’ve only dug broken “bat wing” escutcheons.
Could be colonial era, but why cheap out with an iron ring? The backplate is brass and highly detailed, then they slapped an iron ring on it? Could you post a photo of the back of the relic? Trying to figure out what it was used for...
Here’s the back. I don’t know the answer on why the iron ring. I wondered the same thing. I called it a small escutcheon/ring pull, but maybe that’s not what it is. It wasn’t dug too close to the house. More the near field or barn area. The site goes back to 1790.