Furniture pulls or travel trunk corners made from lead? How old?

[Digger Pop]

Travel trunk Handles, Coffin Handles or just Furniture Hardware?

I found these over a distance of 100 yards detecting View attachment 1564272View attachment 1564278View attachment 1564287a shallow stream near an old road ford in Virginia . I also found a brass long rifle trigger guard and a spur that appears to be civil war era. These are soft metal that seems to be lead. Does anyone know when they quit using lead for such items and any other thoughts of what they could be from?

 

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[jewelerguy]

kinda sorta almost look like pieces from a coffin, but the way they are molded on the back side doesn't look mid-1800's. To me they look more 1940-ish, at least from the back side

 

[Digger Pop]

I agree looking at the backs they do not appear to be as old as the other finds I had in that area. What throws me is they are made from lead. They appear to be made to be able support something heavy. Not a drawer pull, so maybe a coffin handle is a good place to search. They were scattered along a stream bed. That's why I've searched travel trunk handle images on the net but can't say I've had much success.

 

[DCMatt]

Looks like pot metal or white metal to me. Maybe decorative bits off a vintage keepsake box.