✅ SOLVED Possible clock part?

[invent4hir]

All, this artifact was found near a home built by a Quaker family in 1833. The home has been inhabited ever since and the property farmed.

With all the gears and graduated stem I thought it could be part of a clock or multi-function switch. It is 1” wide and 1” high. No identifying marks. Most of it is brass I think, except for the gray-colored piece with many of the teeth missing.

Any help w/ ID would be appreciated.

 

[Toecutter]

Defiantly possible... Im leaning more towards wind up toy...

 

[grasshopper]

Could be clock related, also reminds me of some "guts" of some old lighters I've found, although the whole mechanism seems too wide for that based on your pictures.

 

[trdking]

Not clock Definitely wind up toy IMO

 

[invent4hir]

Toecutter & trdking, have to admit wind-up toy never crossed my mind - will look into it. Any idea how old it is?

 

[trdking]

Not very

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Defiantly possible... Im leaning more towards wind up toy...

"I'll sleep when I'm dead"

This is what I've told people for years, mainly because I only sleep 5 - 6 hours each night.
I'm also a big Sam Elliott fan!

 

[invent4hir]

All, thanks again for the assist!