Can you ID this .... KEY ?????

[FloodcityTom]

I hope somebody can help me ID this little puzzle I pulled up a while ago around an old house. It is brass about two inches, looks to have some sort of small "Pin" protruding & a hole running thru it and a hole up front. I thinking some sort of key.

 

[desertexplorer]

It’s the on/off valve for a antique victorian style gas lamp petcock. There were numerous different styles.

 

[FloodcityTom]

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!!!

 

[creskol]

I don't think so.. I think it is out of barrel tap or an old spigot key.

 

[desertexplorer]

Here are a couple photos showing the gas petcock valve like yours. Your find has the stop pin and flat shoulders on the end that are common to victorian gas lamp valves.

 

[desertexplorer]

They come in all kinds of ornate shapes

 

[creskol]

Here is an oddity then. This came out of my great grandparents house and I have had it since the 1960's. The valve .. or key .. is the one that has been with it and fits the opening perfectly. I am guessing it is a water jug, but now I am wondering about it.

 

[desertexplorer]

Does the valve “key” in your water jug have an opening on the bottom of it for the water to come through when it is turned?

 

[Tony in SC]

What ever it was on it was part of a pitcock valve.