Colonial Site Iron Help

[artyfacts]

Dug this iron today. The solid piece with the screw holes is slightly concave on the side without the recessed screw holes. Any Ideas?

 

[Sniffy]

I see these lagged into stone to tie up horses and such.

 

[creskol]

Dug this iron today. The solid piece with the screw holes is slightly concave on the side without the recessed screw holes. Any Ideas?

Arty .. That is called a "Hold Back Plate and Ring" that were used on horse hames.

 

[Tony in SC]

Dug this iron today. The solid piece with the screw holes is slightly concave on the side without the recessed screw holes. Any Ideas?

Arty .. That is called a "Hold Back Plate and Ring" that were used on horse hames.

Looks it came from a hames. Tony

 

[artyfacts]

Thanks for the id, creskol and Tony. Putting a name to my find is a history lesson. Arty

 

[creskol]

Thanks for the id, creskol and Tony. Putting a name to my find is a history lesson. Arty

Hey Arty .. Here is a photo I just took from an old catalog that I thought you might enjoy seeing.

 

[artyfacts]

I know surrounding area was farmed into the 1950's. Was this a standard style hold back plate? I see that the illustration and documentation is from 1940's 50's. Just trying to determine if this was dropped into the site at a later time. Thanks for the excellent illustration of a Hold Back Plate and Ring. Arty