Lead Ornate Weight Dug ID Please

[Michigan Badger]

I dug this lead item yesterday at the site of where a house burned down in the early 1900's.

It is cast lead and has a metal strip formed in it.

What is it?

Thanks,

Badger

 

[PBK]

Looks like a clock pendulum weight.

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[Michigan Badger]

Looks like a clock pendulum weight.

Thanks PBK, that's what I had in mind but couldn't find anything like it online.

WOW! Thanks for the picture!

I also found lots of old clock gears in the area so it makes sense.

Badger

 

[Michigan Badger]

Now I know what color they were too!

Most likely this one was antique gold color?

This one is a little bent probably due to the heat from the fire.

Back in those early days so many homes burned down. I look for these sites.

Badger

By the way, the one shown at the bottom right looks exactly like mine. THANKS!

 

[Noodle]

PBK: 4 minutes and 15 seconds. With pics, to boot. Whew! You're good! -Noodle

 

[Michigan Badger]

PBK: 4 minutes and 15 seconds. With pics, to boot. Whew! You're good! -Noodle

He's awesome!

It's people like him that make this site the best on the web.

Badger

 

[captain Jack]

in case nobody noticed yours matches #10209 in that pic list! what r the odds of that?

 

[Noodle]

Am I the only one who sees Budda in that thing?

 

[Michigan Badger]

Am I the only one who sees Budda in that thing?

Never even thought of that. But since this most likely dates to the Victorian era when it was considered cool to have stuff from around the world, well, I suppose it's possible.

Anybody else see Buddha in it?

Badger

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Am I the only one who sees Budda in that thing?

Hahahahaha....I kept seeing WC Fields on a flower.....

 

[wirelessworldinc]

I am not an expert by any means so take what i say with a grain of salt. I don't think it belongs with a clock because the end is curved and not straight. I would think that it is a part of a handle, maybe a decororative handle of a big serving piece. Someone will jump in but I have had 2 grandfather clocks and the weights hung straight and not with the bow that shows in the pic Mary ann

 

[Montana Jim]

I think PBK got it... why do I think that?

 

[wirelessworldinc]

gosh dang it, i can not guess anything right. Why can't something have the same decorative design but be used for something totally different. Just to make it look pretty with that design. Mary ann

 

[medic minded]

YOU FOUND A BUDDA

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Amazing PBK.