Brass What's It

[Kiros32]

Posting for a friend...

This looks so familiar but I can't remember what it is. Dimensions are roughly 2 inch x 1 inch.

 

[creskol]

what does it look like from a side view and what does the other side look like?

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Maybe a gear shift guide/ keeper from a very old car, who am I kidding, I have no idea

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Kiros32, let me save you the effort of making the additional photos (quite reasonably) requested by my good friend Creskol. Your find is a valise-strap's brass tip... from the mid-to-late 1800s. The distinctive ID clues are the three rivets which attached it to the strap, the long narrow slot (for a "catch" to fit into), and the arrowhead-shaped end. See the photos below. Giving due credit for the ID: the photos were first posted here in the What-Is-It? forum by BuckleBoy, several years ago. Yours is a bit larger than the one in the photos, but it has the exact same shape, 3 rivets, slot, and arrowhead-end.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Nice ID.

 

[Kiros32]

Kiros32, let me save you the effort of making the additional photos (quite reasonably) requested by my good friend Creskol. Your find is a valise-strap's brass tip... from the mid-to-late 1800s. The distinctive ID clues are the three rivets which attached it to the strap, the long narrow slot (for a "catch" to fit into), and the arrowhead-shaped end. See the photos below. Giving due credit for the ID: the photos were first posted here in the What-Is-It? forum by BuckleBoy, several years ago. Yours is a bit larger than the one in the photos, but it has the exact same shape, 3 rivets, slot, and arrowhead-end.

Thank you!

 

[Reanm8er]

Great find Kuros, Congrats!

 

[A2coins]

I agree with CannonBallGuy because he knows, and I don't lol

 

[coinman123]

Another great ID from TheCannonBallGuy!!!

 

[nomad 11]

curtain weight or drapes ?