Cast Iron Script

[IMAUDIGGER]

Any ideas?

 

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[DCMatt]

Looks like "B B S Co" to my eye. Stove part? Trivet? Sad iron stand?

Hard to judge the size... Is it broken on the 'o' end?

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Yes B B S CO is what I figured...I don’t think it is broken on the right side.
Just can’t figure out what company yet.

There was a B.B.S. Company in Dayton, Ohio that made wagon wheels.

 

[unclemac]

some sort of wall sconce hinge?

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

My dad found it at a homesite that was occupied from the 1880's to late 1940's??
It was broken in half and someone had tied the two pieces together with wire.

My dad brazed it together (which apparently was what someone else was going to do).

I figured someone here might be able to solve the mystery. I'm sure there is a picture of this product in an old advertisement somewhere..just have to figure out the company name.

 

[Anduril]

"ERBSUCO" to my eye.
Possibly without the "u".

Why would any marketing guru worth his salt invent a logo like this??!
It's not chic or clever... it's unreadable.

(And probably not commercially successful either, which explains why none of the MANY EXPERTS here have yet recognized it!)

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

"ERBSUCO" to my eye.
Possibly without the "u".

Why would any marketing guru worth his salt invent a logo like this??!
It's not chic or clever... it's unreadable.

(And probably not commercially successful either, which explains why none of the MANY EXPERTS here have yet recognized it!)

lol intertwined lettering was popular but often hard to read

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

The boards behind it are about 5-1/2" wide.

 

[TerryC]

A trivet? for putting hot pots on? ╦╦C

 

[unclemac]

a piece of one of these?

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgur...hUKEwj58Lfkl6PpAhUUm54KHbP2AQEQMygJegUIARCAAg