Strange Key-Looking Thing. Any Ideas??

[grasshopper]

Found this at an 1801 house. I have no idea what it could be....Any thoughts? It's 3 1/2 inches long.

Thanks!!

 

[skeeterd]

Any moving parts or parts that look like they should move?

 

[grasshopper]

I realized today...

The thing the red arrow points to actually screws in/out of a little hole

THe part the blue arrow is pointing to is hollow/may be threaded.

Thanks

 

[stefen]

Watcha smokin...see no arrows

 

[worldtalker]

+-

Watcha smokin...see no arrows

stefen,look at his little finger,what YOU smokin!

 

[ticm]

+- stefen,look at his little finger,what YOU smokin!

I'm smoking a good Fuentes cigar and I see them.

 

[grasshopper]

haha that's my bad i guess, should have made them a little more visible.

 

[mjak]

Reminds me of the thing that holds your test tube or beaker over a bunson burner.

 

[skeeterd]

I am thinking some kind of valve or valve part?

 

[vhs07]

I've never seen anything like it, but I think skeeterd might be on the right track. The belled end look like it's used on a check valve.