✅ SOLVED Old Valve??

[PhillyMike68]

Found this where a very old church once stood, also found a very nice 1898 barber dime and a Winchester 32 cal. shell casing. It's about an inch and a half tall and about an inch and a quarter long...Looks victorian to me... Brass??

 

[jewelerguy]

yes. valve for gas lighting fixture

 

[Alan Applegate]

I agree. I once helped upgrade (electrically wire) a very old apartment building which originally had gas lamps. They valves looked exactly like the one pictured.

 

[PhillyMike68]

Thanks for the info...

 

[mirage83]

Ornate piece. Might clean up nice.

 

[doublet2a]

https://www.google.com/search?q=ant...KEogSel4DQBw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1097&bih=552

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