Found On a 1700s property

[Whatdayagot]

Found this at a 1700s property any ideas what it might have been

 

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[Toecutter]

resembles a drawer pull but those groves on the rectangle part has me scratching me head

 

[Hawks88]

If it is a drawer pull maybe the groove is where the lock pin comes up from the bottom to hold it closed. Just a guess. Interesting.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Just a guess, it could be from a sliding cabinet lock

 

[Whatdayagot]

Thanks for the info I appreciate it