Brass thing a ma bob

[BioProfessor]

Found this at an homestead that dates to the early 1700 so it could be from anything. It is brass and fits on something but I haven't got a clue. Anybody recognize it?

Thanks,

Daryl

 

[Montana Jim]

No idea...

Funny how things SO basic can be such a mystery at first... well, at least till Angelo or PBK figure it out.

 

[oldbuzzard]

Hello Professor,
Could it be a foot for a machine? Maybe with a rubber insert for antivibration?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Is the rectangular hole wider at the top than the base? Pad-eye for a small swivel block or arm attachment point. The bolt had a tapered head (like a cut nail) that passed through the bottom opening but not the top. Could have been for anything from a hinge to a perambulator top bail to a block on the base of a curtain pull.

 

[MichiganRob]

If I may Professor... I don't think that this is a thing a ma bob I think it is a thing a ma jig.

Regards
MichiganRob

 

[txkickergirl]

I recognize that thing you were close its not a ma bob its a Thingy Ma Jig

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Sorry professor, but I have no clue what that item may be. Nice find though.

I believe the proper name for it is:
Whatchamacallit

HH
Ray S

 

[txkickergirl]

If I may Professor... I don't think that this is a thing a ma bob I think it is a thing a ma jig.

Regards
MichiganRob

Rob, since you beat me to it I have to change my answer!

Its a doo hickey!

 

[BioProfessor]

Dose of my own medicine.

Daryl

 

[BioProfessor]

Charlie,

7mm on the "top" (small end) and 8mm on the "bottom" (round end).

Daryl

 

[PBK]

Maybe part of a drop-type drawer pull? Actually, I doubt it, as the top of the small "top" part would not be open if that were the case. Still, I think it's some sort of pull/pivot hardware, pretty much as Charlie P suggested.

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

7mm on the "top" (small end) and 8mm on the "bottom" (round end).

Shoots my theory down.

Doesn't have enough moving parts to be a doo-hickey.

Toy robot foot?

 

[trikikiwi]

I reckon it's a valve thingy from a cistern,
the widest end holds a washer, made from whatever, maybe leather?
the other pivot end, controlled by a float on an arm which
opens or closes the valve, depending on the level of the liquid in it,
whatever it is

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Maybe part of a drop-type drawer pull? Actually, I doubt it, as the top of the small "top" part would not be open if that were the case. Still, I think it's some sort of pull/pivot hardware, pretty much as Charlie P suggested.

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Man... you are good! My brother is an antiques dealer and I have refinished a lot of stuff my self.. that was my first impression... furniture pull!!

 

[txkickergirl]

old caster for furniture missing the rolling wheel part