Prize to be sent later....

[civilman1]

No Idea.....Any help,it'll probably hit me when it's ID'd....Thank's

 

[aa battery]

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

civilman1,

congrat.

It is a very nice one.
Best one I've seen in many years.

have a good un.....
SHERMANVILLE

 

[mastereagle22]

It looks like an old door hook maybe. Something like this only older.


http://images.google.com/imgres?img...d+door+hook&start=18&gbv=2&ndsp=18&hl=en&sa=N

 

[Jeffro]

Curtain rod holder?

 

[PBK]

Looks heavy duty... maybe a buggy pole tip?

 

[cheese]

I'm thinking whiffletree/singletree end hook. Look at figures "F" and "G" here: http://www.regencymini.com/booklet/puttingto1.shtml

Some sort of buggy pole tip or harnessing related item like PBK suggested, I think.

 

[civilman1]

This came from my Daughter's house that was built in 1855 if that help's any Doesn't have to be period though!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

civilman,

I really think this piece looks familiar. My gut feeling was that I had seen it in an ID book or posted somewhere else. Do you post on any other forums? If not, then I've seen it in either a CW relic book or perhaps the 1890s Montgomery Ward catalog.

Regards,



Buckleboy

 

[top pop top]

I found something like your and mine had wood in it so i think it is some kind of a end of a wooden pole.

 

[Monty]

Saddle pomel when covered with leather. Monty

 

[romeo-1]

Looks like a whiffletree to me as well!

 

[DCMatt]

As BB said, I think someone posted one of these here in the past year. I'm pretty sure it was identified, but I can't remember what it was...

DCMatt

 

[BuckleBoy]

I agree that the piece is heavy duty--but I also think it is Not a whiffletree. In the Montgomery Ward catalog, whiffletrees are different in style.


I swear I've seen it posted or pictured somewhere before. Just searched several times through old posts here without luck.

 

[jbensi]

Window hook maybe to close the old windos that were very tall , and also to lock the window latches.
jbensi

 

[BuckleBoy]

OK--It may not be harness-related. Here's my best guess (1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, page 71):




A Canopy Top Standard. Went on the end of the pole and connected to the top of the canopy on a buggy. The one listed in the photo above seems to be for the central support of the canopy. If you look at the canopy in the left of the photo (partially cropped out), you'll see that there were other posts that supported the top as well. I think civilman's relic was from one of the end supports (circled in red), since the bottom of it is at an angle in relation to the flat connection part up top. This piece of civilman's exhibits the hole in the bottom where the wooden dowel would've fit in and been nailed or brass riveted in. Also exhibits the flat place with similiar attachment at the top for connection to the canopy.


Perhaps another old Montgomery Ward or Sears catalog will show a Canopy Top Standard more similar in type to his.



Regards,




Buckleboy

 

[Tony in SC]

I found something like your and mine had wood in it so i think it is some kind of a end of a wooden pole.

When I was in grade school the old building had windows above the doors. There was a long wodden pole with a metal piece on the end to open and close those windows. Tony

 

[lonesomebob]

Just my stupid idea, as heavy as it appears it may be a jewlers anvil, even has a hardy hole in it Bob But what do I know.

 

[dozer dan]

a coblers anvil for elves?

 

[godisnum1]

Looks to me like a mount for a flag pole... where it might have been mounted, I have not the slightest clue.

Bran <><