Old chain to?

[Emerson_ashe]

A buddy found an old chain and is curious as to what it goes to. I've also found a similar chain while metal detecting? A necklace? A chain to maybe an old set of keys? Ideas?lol

 

[50bmg]

looks like window sash chain

 

[Mudflap]

Some old locks had that type of chain to keep the lock with the door,

 

[Anduril]

It's also the kind of chain that is used on entry doors to prevent from swinging out to wide when the wind hits them, or whatever.

EDIT: Update - That style of chain is called "Plumbers Chain".

 

[releventchair]

Sashchain maybe....
Multiple uses.
Coal furnaces used them from upstairs for the damper/draft.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

This is a commercial hardware chain that had many different uses in the late 19th - early 20thc.
I have seen this chain pictured in my 1908 Sears Roebuck Catalogue.

It's described as 'Toilet Pull Chain'... used for flushing the water tank that hung above early toilets.

Dave