Round thingy with swiveling point

[ModernMiner]

Any idea what this thingamabob is?
It looks like the pointed piece could move back and forth.
Two mounting holes at the top & bottom.
"That's all I got to say about that." (Forrest Gump)
Thanks,
MM

 

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[Mac232]

Looks like a window latch to me , my 2 cents worth .




Mac

 

[B|lker]

It looks sort of like a sash lock but then again no.

 

[doublet2a]

Window latch was my first thought
But I don't think right anyhow

Tim

 

[B|lker]

Can i see its bottom? LOL

 

[dg39]

Looks too light weight to be a window latch.
Something similar though.
DG

 

[Montana Jim]

I don't see how it would latch... it looks like it should be one, but... is there a piece broken off it?

It's base looks too flimsy to be a window latch...

Just sayin'

 

[ModernMiner]

I don't see how it would latch... it looks like it should be one, but... is there a piece broken off it?

It's base looks too flimsy to be a window latch...

Just sayin'

Jim,
Nothing busted off of it. Could it possibly of held some kind of window treatment maybe (curtain rod)? I have no idea.
-Doug-

 

[lonesomebob]

maybe a throttle control from an old boat Bob

 

[relichunters]

I am thinking a pulley?

 

[bradyboy]

I don't see any latch deal, to flimsy
looks to me like a adjustable dial of sorts
The pointer looks decorative
Like a Monday to sunday calender dial
Its a very cool piece, would love to see it identified

 

[bradyboy]

switch device?
turn right to turn on, would slip into a bracket either side to turn off or on?

 

[trikikiwi]

I have sweated over this it looks so familiar.

I keep coming back to a louvre (not necessarily glass) adjuster

Mike

 

[ModernMiner]

Do I have the experts stumped with this little gadget?
Thanks for all of the guesses.
-MM-

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Are both sides the same?

 

[ModernMiner]

Are both sides the same?

Yep, both sides are the same. This thing is driving me nuts.
-MM-

 

[Bluezman]

It looks to me like a piece of hardware from an old (50s) store display. The kind that sits on the display counter and rocks back and forth when you give it a little nudge. The spring still may be inside, perhaps broken. The little notches on the pin could be for better attachment (with glue) to the cardboard or wooden display. And it would have to be screwed down to a wooden base. What an imagination I have, aye? It has to be imagination. Otherwise I would have to admit to being that old. Just an odd thought running through an odd mind.

Bluezman

 

[watercolor]

triki, I know what you mean by it looking familiar.

MM, on the circular disk part that's hidden by the gadget's frame. . . is the bolt that holds it
to the frame "off center" slightly? If it is, then the off-center disk might have "clamped down" on something
(like a window blind rope) when the pointy thing was moved from one side to the other.

Other than that I'm at a loss

 

[ModernMiner]

triki, I know what you mean by it looking familiar.

MM, on the circular disk part that's hidden by the gadget's frame. . . is the bolt that holds it
to the frame "off center" slightly? If it is, then the off-center disk might have "clamped down" on something
(like a window blind rope) when the pointy thing was moved from one side to the other.

Other than that I'm at a loss

WC,
Here are more pictures of this mystery item.
Any guesses?
Thanks,
MM

 

[prolab69]

clothing hanger?