OK--Got another Tough one for ya

[BuckleBoy]

This is an item that has puzzled me for a while. I found one in Virginia as a kid and have misplaced it. I dug this one in Kentucky this year, and below is a link to one that was found and posted online by someone else.

Mine were housesite finds--so I would think that the piece is farm or farming implement related, or perhaps horse-related...






Here's the link to the other one.


http://metaldetectingworld.com/photogalary/rev_war_relics/pages/RW42.htm


These seem to appear at sites that date from 1800-1860, give or take.




Best Wishes,


Buckles

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Reminds me of that little piece that hold the brush inside of an antique carpet sweeper

 

[bigfish31]

To me it looks like the top of a diaphragm ( not that kind!) for a pump with the leather or rubber gone.maybe a thermostat for a car.

 

[jopher]

Looks like a lid of some sort....designed to let steam or scent to escape??

 

[BuckleBoy]

Looks like a lid of some sort....designed to let steam or scent to escape??

My first thought when I dug it was that it was a lid...but I think that those holes are nail holes to attach the piece to a wooden cylinder of some sort, perhaps.

 

[watercolor]

WAG. . . end cap for an old "roll-type" window shade First thing that came to mind. . . oh well

Happy Holidays to you and family!
watercolor

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Maybe its off the end of a 1800's wooden embossed wallpaper roller

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

How tall is the piece that sticks up? Can we see a side view perhaps?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Maybe its off the end of a 1800's wooden embossed wallpaper roller

Now that's a cool guess! I'm gonna look back through my photos and see what else I found on the same site this came from...


I'll also post a side photo.

 

[Goodyguy]

Watercolor nailed it!
I am pretty sure it is part of a window shade. The holes are where it was nailed onto the end of the shade.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Here is a photo of the other finds that came up at the same site as this piece:




Below are photos of the side of this thing.

 

[cosmic]

End of a roller window shade..

 

[BuckleBoy]

End of a roller window shade..

Did they have window shades in the Civil War Era?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

End of a roller window shade..

Did they have window shades in the Civil War Era?

Harpers Weekly advertisement
[OCTOBER 4, 1862.
640
THAT DRAFT.
JEFF DAVIS. "Shut the Door, SLIDELL ALEXANDER, I'm shivering all over! That Draft from the North will be the death of me—I feel it!"

SLIDELL ALEXANDER. "C-c-cant shut it, Massa. ABE LINCOLN'S got his Back 'gainst it. Better try a little 'o dis de Doctor left yer."

LACE CURTAINS, MUSLIN CURTAINS,DAMASK CURTAINS, SATINDELAINE CURTAINS, BROCATELLE CURTAINS, CORNICES, CORDS, TASSELS, GIMP, &c. Retail prices not advanced. KELTY'S, No. 359 BROADWAY.

359 BROADWAY. GOLD WINDOW SHADES, BUFF HOLLAND WINDOW SHADES, WHITE HOLLAND WINDOW SHADES, GREEN HOLLAND WINDOW SHADES, WIRE SHADES, at 50 cents per foot. Retail prices not advanced. G. L. & J. B. KELTY.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/october/slave-cartoon.htm

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Watercolor nailed it!
I am pretty sure it is part of a window shade. The holes are where it was nailed onto the end of the shade.

It looks like a nail has elongated one of the holes.

 

[BuckleBoy]

OK--I'm sold.


Thanks everyone for your help.



And congrats on a Great ID.



-Buckles

 

[CRUSADER]

Another piece of junk IDed. I find (toss) loads of these, often wondered what they were.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Another piece of junk IDed. I find (toss) loads of these, often wondered what they were.

I figured others had found these too...just not known what they were. I've got an even tougher one that I've found several examples of in different sites.

I'll get around to posting it sooner or later.


Best Wishes,


Buckles

 

[woody50]

A question to a question. In your photo of your finds BuckleElf I see these objects, I have found these sort of things once or twice, does anyone know what they are?

 

[woody50]

Another piece of junk IDed. I find (toss) loads of these, often wondered what they were.

I don't believe a professional like yourself "toss" anything Cru! I sure don't.