just cleaned the rust off this cant fig what it is.

[bountyhunter2013]

Just cleaned the rust off this piece and im still not sure what it is theres a number on it 15B.

 

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[Breezie]

Welcome to the Forum! I'm assuming the item is cast iron since you said you just cleaned the 'rust' off of it, although in the photos, it has a green patina. Is it iron?


Breezie

 

[bountyhunter2013]

Im pretty sure its cast iron was rusted rly bad the greenish might be from me cleaning it wasn't fully done with it yet when I took the pics...I do the electrolysis on my stuff.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Maybe something from a bed frame.

 

[Breezie]

Now that I know it's cast iron, I think it is the side corner portion of a vintage theater seat leg. Yours would have been Seat 15 on Isle B. I couldn't find a photo that matched, but the one below is similar and more fancy. Note the large hole at the bottom that would have attached to the chair frame.


Interesting find

 

[calisdad]

Barber chair foot support?

 

[Breezie]

After sleeping on this item, I'm thinking instead of the leg bracket on a theater seat, it could be the side bracket on the movable theater seat.

Calisdad has a good idea too with the barber's chair foot. The barber chair foot bracket and the theater seat bracket are both in the same family. A list of other items found in the same area would be helpful.


Breezie

 

[DCMatt]

Half hinge from a school desk folding seat.



DCMatt

 

[Breezie]

Matt, the school desk folding bracket is in the same family as the theater seat and/or barber chair movable foot panel, which is why I was wondering what some of the other items were in the area. Was there a school in the area? A barber shop?

Breezie

 

[bountyhunter2013]

Not rly close this house was out in the middle of know were...what I found was an old iron,some Indian heads,horse shoes,blade of thing that had the long wooden handle to cut tall grass, fire poker, grinding wheel,belt buckles, traps, insides of a clock,spoons, forks, door knob, lantern parts, old badge, steel wheel small like a hand cart kind, think piece of track to a barn door ect....

 

[cudamark]

It probably could have been used on a variety of pivoting wooden steps or shelves. A hinge can have a multitude of uses.