Decoration from the dump

[Michiganne]

Hi all,
My two young boys have been having fun digging in a little dump (that we now own) near us. It isn't very old, maybe 40's - 50's based on our findings. Yesterday they came home with this decorative item. It was obviously meant to hang and is two sided. Penny for scale. I had no idea on this one. The image on it looks like a cat with wings.

TIA,
Michiganne

 

[Erik in NJ]

Maybe it was held a sign pointing to the location of the "batrooms" Sorry Anne--payback for the book! LOL

 

[nhbenz]

I hope this isn't a sign of wings to come.

 

[Michiganne]

Maybe it was held a sign pointing to the location of the "batrooms" Sorry Anne--payback for the book! LOL

Batrooms....now that I like!

 

[Michiganne]

I hope this isn't a sign of wings to come.

For sure, and feathered wings no less.

 

[Erik in NJ]

In all seriousness, I believe that it came from an item similar to the following:

Large Antique Dutch Ceiling Gnome Oil Lamp Cosmos Burner Worldw Shipping | eBay

 

[Michiganne]

In all seriousness, I believe that it came from an item similar to the following:

Large Antique Dutch Ceiling Gnome Oil Lamp Cosmos Burner Worldw Shipping | eBay

Yeah, now that idea I like. I was thinking it had something to do with an old gas lamp. This would explain the 2 sided figures.

I won't marked it as "solved" yet but this seems a better direction. WTG

HH

 

[Broken knee]

Thats to funny, I have the same one I'll look back at my posts it's here. HH
Broken Knee

 

[Discrimination Dave]

That is awesome! Looks like something that Mike Wolf on American Pickers would throw down some serious cash for.
Maybe it was on Fred and Lilly's mailbox post and held a small wooden sign that said "The Munsters".

 

[Broken knee]

I took a new pic, I could not find my orignal post? HH
Broken Knee

 

[Michiganne]

I took a new pic, I could not find my orignal post? HH
Broken Knee

Wow, crazy! Did you ever have any clues to what it was? What kind of site did you find it at?

Thanks for posting!

 

[Erik in NJ]

Hi BK, Amazing that you found one too! Did anyone ID it when you originally posted it? I still feel that it's part of an antique lamp.

I took a new pic, I could not find my orignal post? HH
Broken Knee

 

[Erik in NJ]

I would guess that the 3 bottom hooks held something round with 3 chains. Look for something similar on-line and you might have your answer Annie

 

[Erik in NJ]

Something like this:

The two outside hooks could have held two chains for the lamp and the center hook held the "smoke bell."

What think you Annie?? lol

 

[Michiganne]

Something like this:

ceiling oil lamps smoke bell - Google Search

The two outside hooks could have held two chains for the lamp and the center hook held the "smoke bell."

What think you Annie?? lol

Not convinced yet Erik. It seems rather light duty for a lamp and it is flat, all in one plane. I'll keep looking when I have time for something that matches better.

Interesting that BK found one too. He found it in MA.

I was hoping someone on the TNet would recognize it.

 

[Erik in NJ]

The link didn't post the way I expected it to from my iPhone.....take a look at the pic I just posted above and look at the piece that's holding the chains and the "smoke bell"--it's flat and two sided and has the correct number of attachment points and that "whimsical bat motif" item you found would seem to work well there on a lamp with a different motif.

Not convinced yet Erik. It seems rather light duty for a lamp and it is flat, all in one plane. I'll keep looking when I have time for something that matches better.

Interesting that BK found one too. He found it in MA.

I was hoping someone on the TNet would recognize it.

 

[Michiganne]

The link didn't post the way I expected it to from my iPhone.....take a look at the pic I just posted above and look at the piece that's holding the chains and the "smoke bell"--it's flat and two sided and has the correct number of attachment points and that "whimsical bat motif" item you found would seem to work well there on a lamp with a different motif.

Yes, I like that picture better, Erik. Now can you find one with two pieces, like this one is? I haven't been able to find one yet.

I cleaned it better hoping to find an initial or some kind of identifying mark. It did have some gold paint on it (hard to see in the pic) which doesn't help, but adds to the facts.

Thanks for everyone's efforts!

HH

 

[Broken knee]

Michiganne, you have added the second part to our puzzle with the attached top part. I can't find my orignal post so I dont recall what was said about it? HH
Broken Knee

 

[Paleopilot]

Maybe it is a plant holder or deco balance. The chains and pans were probably very ornate also.

 

[Broken knee]

My original thought was that it had bells and would have been suspended between horses, but I'm leaning towards the lamp idea though. I would like to see a complete example there has to be one some where? HH
Broken Knee

 

[Michiganne]

My original thought was that it had bells and would have been suspended between horses, but I'm leaning towards the lamp idea though. I would like to see a complete example there has to be one some where? HH
Broken Knee

Yeah, I'm leaning towards the lamp idea too. There is one thing that bothers me about the lamp idea. Looks at Erik's pic below and see how the piece shown there is a single piece. But this one we have is in two pieces, with a lone metal piece connecting them. I don't know about you, but if I had an open flame hanging I'd want more than one metal piece supporting it.

It would be cool to see a complete one, I agree Broken Knee. You don't recall what folks said when you originally posted yours?

The crazy bat motif seems right for a lamp.

HH,
Michiganne
p.s. I took it to my MDing club meeting last month and no one had any ideas there either.