Stumped - What is it?

[patack1101]

Hi,

Antique brass-plated cast iron architectural salvage piece, circa late 1800's to early 1900's. This piece is a little under 3.5 inches tall and 3 inches wide. It has "Part" stamped on one edge of the base, and "D638" on the other side. It weighs slightly over 1 pound.

What is it and what's it for?

Many thanks.

 

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[Fix]

I don't have a clue what it's original purpose is but, if I had that I'd put a roll of stamps in there.

 

[rich f]

no idea but its neat

 

[kcm]

I'm guessing there used to be a glass ball that was held in place by the rivet - or post or whatever you wanna call it.

Is anything on the bottom? Is it flat? Threaded hole? Anything?

 

[trapperart]

Cool

 

[ARC]

It is a secret doorknob from the Adams Family Mansion.

Was from the door to Uncle Fester's Lab. :P

 

[Trezurehunter]

I'm with kcm. I think that rivet held another piece on it.

 

[digging440yrs]

Cool, is there a hole on the back side that could of been a finial on a lamp etc ?----

 

[patack1101]

Wow... this is a head-scratcher

Bottom is flat.
No holes anywhere, except for a tiny hole (probably a flaw in mfg) and doesn't go through.

 

[Bruce R]

Need to see the bottom.

 

[digging440yrs]

With no holes to mount to anything, and weighing over a pound-- maybe a paper weight like these---

 

[Bruce R]

The piece in the center is what really don't make sense.

 

[digging440yrs]

May have been a wood piece in center that rotted away

 

[Bruce R]

I need a closeup of the back.

 

[patack1101]

Not able to get a photo until later today. Will post when I get home and get a photo.
Thanks.

 

[WildWildBill]

I'm wondering what the bottom looks like

 

[Bruce R]

If there's evidence of a screw being broken off the back, then I would say it is a door stop that screwed into the baseboard behind a door. A rubber cap or bumper snapped over the knob in the middle.View attachment 1317047

 

[driftless]

old candle holder?

 

[marion moore]

Does the round middle pc go thru the pc with leaves and screws into the base. its cast
so I guest it was cast into different pcs.

marion

 

[kcm]

I'm gonna stick with paper weight. That sounds very likely to me, as the only air conditioning that used to be was open windows - the kind that wind liked to blow into.