This could be tough...heavy brass. SOLVED BY lostcauses!

[romeo-1]

Found this heavy brass object this morning at a very old French site. Previous items from this site date to the late 1600s to the late 1700s. It's tough to tell from the pictures but the "leaves" are offset from the loop. Any ideas?

 

[savant365]

Re: This could be tough...heavy brass.

It looks a lot like a hitch point of some kind. Maybe from a wagon or buggy.

 

[ivan salis]

Re: This could be tough...heavy brass.

yep --the leaves go under the edge on the front of the wagon and bolts go thru a hole in the wagon and the leaves ---- a nut and lock washer is then attached and screwed tightly down --the eye in the front is where it "hitches" to the horse team . --- seems good to me.

 

[romeo-1]

Re: This could be tough...heavy brass.

Sounds reasonable...the only issue is that the leaves are rounded so they would not meet a board flush...

 

[lostcauses]

Re: This could be tough...heavy brass.

Looks more like a part of an old copper or brass pot, the brass item for a handle. It would have had two of them.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: This could be tough...heavy brass.

Hitch points were not made of brass, were they? I believe LC is on track

 

[romeo-1]

Re: This could be tough...heavy brass.

Looks more like a part of an old copper or brass pot, the brass item for a handle. It would have had two of them.

Good Call!!! I think you may be right. We found a metric tonne (Canada 'eh) of iron pot shards in this area! And the fact that the leaves are rounded would definitely fit that! This one is getting a green check mark! Thanks LostCauses!

 

[72cheyenne]

Looks more like a part of an old copper or brass pot, the brass item for a handle. It would have had two of them.

Here`s a link to help reinforce LC`s guess, very similar, nice job.

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/ANTIQUE-BIG-...-REPAIRED_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ250394563835

I totally agree! Nice job.

 

[Alchemy]

I just have to say, I'm soooo impressed with how well people here get these things right!

Great job!

 

[lostcauses]

Thanks.