Please help identify-Found on 1850's House Location

[Bcfd113]

On one side it's got numbers 16, 14 and 12. On the other side numbers 22, 20 and 18. Made out of brass. I've placed a wheat penny in the pics for size reference. Id say this piece measures 1"x1"x1". There's never been any electrical running to this location as far as I know. The house site was on a farm that I believe existed from the mid 1850's to early 1900's. Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide. This is my first of many posts because I love what everyone here provides and I could really use some help sith some things I find. Thank you again.

 

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[BosnMate]

No idea, but I want to keep track in case someone figures it out.

 

[Keith Jackson]

Just based on the numbers, it would seem to be some kind of gauge. But as for what it measures, I have no idea.

 

[NHBandit]

Part of a tire pressure guage is my guess based on the low numbers

 

[Bcfd113]

Part of a tire pressure guage is my guess based on the low numbers

I was thinking maybe part of a scale? I've heard part of a knife electrical switch too. Thanks for everyone's input.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

All the numbers are wire gauge sizes but I don't see how it would work as a wire gauge?

 

[Bcfd113]

All the numbers are wire gauge sizes but I don't see how it would work as a wire gauge?

Yeah, that's what a lot of the people I've shown it to say as well. Thanks a lot!

 

[fyrffytr1]

Maybe part of a wire crimp connector? The wires would be sandwiched between the side and the part this one slid into. Just a wild guess.

 

[seekerGH]

For a dress maker...

 

[DCMatt]

For a dress maker...

Or an adjuster of some sort from a sewing machine...

 

[Carolina Tom]

Ground nut? Could be an older version, of the center piece, of this grounding nut.

 

[Itsmine]

I'm leaning toward the inside part of an antique tire gauge...... Something like this https://www.google.com/search?q=is+...h&q=antique+tire+gauges&imgrc=KZMFWAh7twGSsM:

 

[seekerGH]

if a pop up type of pressure gage, the numbers read wrong...the numbers on your find are parallel, not perpendicular to the direction of the movement.



same for the wire nut, the wire thickness would parallel to the top, not perpendicular.

 

[seekerGH]

Thinking about this, I think this may be the sliding piece on an antique balance beam or triple beam scale.

 

[Bruce R]

The numbers are wire gauge sizes, but they're also sheet metal gauge sizes as well. Perhaps it had examples of those sizes that pivoted in there or were secured by rivets, sort of like a feeler gauge or a torch tip cleaner. There was probably a tube that it slipped into to protect it.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

No idea, but I want to keep track in case someone figures it out.

I agree this one is interesting.

 

[Coach Stack]

Reminds me of the "catch" part of a blade switch or blade fuse. This needs some looking into, very cool piece.