✅ SOLVED This is so cool, but what is it?

[Vermont treasure hunter]

I found this in the old barn next to my house that has a dirt floor. I am 99.9 present positive that it is sterling. There is a word on it that I think is sterling but I am not positive.
I think it is used to dispel fancy silverware but I am not positive.

This is it holding a spoon.

If any one has a any idea of a age or if it something else, it would be very appreciated.

 

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[fyrffytr1]

I am pretty sure it is a picture molding hook. Back in the old old days there was a piece of wood molding that ran around the perimeter of the room below the crown molding. These hooks would hang on that molding and a decorative cord would mount to the picture frame and hang on the hook. Here is one similar to yours.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/622228...MI-7PO65yJ6wIVg8DICh13ZwykEAkYCiABEgLf9vD_BwE

 

[paleomaxx]

Victorian picture rail hanger. They came in a wide variety of designs and materials.

 

[DCMatt]

Picture rail hanger.

 

[GoldieLocks]

Crown moulding wouldn't have letter visable.

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

Thank you for the ID! I do think it is silver but do any of you have a Gussie of an age?

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

Guess

 

[DCMatt]

Thank you for the ID! I do think it is silver but do any of you have a guess of an age?

Here's a couple like yours listed on eBay as Victorian. I'd call them "turn of the 20th C - give or take a decade".



That said, apparently you can buy them on Amazon. Why am I not surprised...

https://www.amazon.com/Crown-Design-Polished-Brass-Picture/dp/B07C6YDCD9

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

What are the ones in the pic you sent made of? Not the link, but the pic. They look very similar to mine.

 

[CRUSADER]

PLease put a SOLVED on this post?

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

I am still kinda new to this, how do you say that it's solved?

 

[CaptEsteban]

Those were used well into the 1970's.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I am still kinda new to this, how do you say that it's solved?

In the bar above your first post you will see a series of options. Click on thread tools then click on mark as solved.

 

[unclemac]

silver does not rust, so not silver