Just dont know...

[Bunker]

Just don't know...

Hello all,
Found one of these at a park and one at an empty lot. The bulbous one is threaded and the smaller one is not. Decorative attachments? I know they are nothing big and worthy, guess I am just curious.
Thanks,
Bunker

After thinking about it, the larger threaded one may be a on off switch for a lamp. Found it near an old hotel.

 

[traderoftreasures]

Re: Just don't know...

the round one looks like the top to my old coleman lantern. the smaller one looks like a orfice to change a stove from lp to propane

 

[DirtyMike]

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The larger one might have been the piece that holds on the lamp shade...

 

[Bunker]

Re: Just don't know...

Thanks ya'll, I know they aren't much but finding 2 similar looking pieces the same day miles apart had me wondering.
Bunker

 

[dave5339]

Re: Just don't know...

Given the size of the threaded one what you found is probably a brass knob commonly used to hold glass lampshades on lights. Check your light fixtures in your house and you will likely see something very similar.

Semper Fi

 

[turtlefoot13]

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The larger one might be a converter ball. I use a lot of older photographic equipment and have several. The screw onto a standard 1/4" tripod mount and make it so you can attach a clamp style light to it. Tripods make a great, inexpensive light stand. If you have a tripod, try it and see.

Doug

 

[LandStar]

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If found in a park, my guess is the protective caps off bike cables
Looks like stranded wire in the one...

HH,