Lace puller?

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It is a horse harness "bearing-rein swivel" invented and patented in 1880 by a Mr. Dowlin, US Patent #223,896. See the diagram in the 1907 Pierson-&-Hough horsegear mail-order catalog, shown in the attached scan, below.
 

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Thanks cannonballguy!
 

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4x4x4 - that's a button hook for shoe buttons.
 

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