this is the third one , they must serve a purpose

[jrwill56]

I have posted one before, no comments. all were found in the front of the mansion near the old road. I know the owners had horses, maybe?

they are brass, one is more rounded, the others are smaller and oblong.

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

conchos?

 

[jrwill56]

conchos?

are thy old, never seen any with such small holes, how were they attached?

 

[DizzyDigger]

Could very well be home-made conchos, and although a bit small, they certainly have the
look, and holes for the drawstrings to come through.

Do they appear to be hand-hammered, or stamped?

 

[jrwill56]

hammered not very smooth.

 

[Breezie]

I think they look like some type of 'mammy made' bells or bell halves. It was popular for horses to wear bells especially for funerals . . . .or they could have been used as shopkeeper's door bells. No matter how they were used, they look homemade. The ones below only have 1 attachment hole, but the idea is the same.




Interesting find Breezie

 

[taz42o]

Why is this marked solved? They look nothing like conchos or bells to me.
I was hoping to see a real ID on this one. I have not figured it out.
I have seen these posted somewhere before,so they are not 1 (or 3) of a kind items.

 

[Breezie]

Why is this marked solved? They look nothing like conchos or bells to me.
I was hoping to see a real ID on this one. I have not figured it out.
I have seen these posted somewhere before,so they are not 1 (or 3) of a kind items.

I agree with you; I would like to see an exact match, but I'm guessing the reason they are not 100% ID-ed is because they are handmade. Back years ago, folks were not wasteful like they are today. They would pound out something from a piece of metal because they needed it, and years later someone used it for a different purpose.

They could have all been strung together and used as a storekeeper's door bell and years later someone else could have run some leather through them as decorative tack. Or they could have been made to use as 'feet' on a steamer trunk. I guess we'll never know exactly the orginal purpose. I don't think there is a positive 100% ID available, although I'd like to see one too.

Breezie

 

[taz42o]

J.R. Did you find these the same place you found the thing that looks like a drawer pull?

 

[Bryanhashemi]

they still look like some kind of electrical piece. wire would run through those holes to keep them seperated.

 

[jrwill56]

yes same area, there was an old road in the 19th century, i have found about a mile so far.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Unfortunately, I don't think a bell can "ring" if there is a cord
running across both sides of the bell. I'll stick with the conchos
idea, or some other hand-made decorative addition to a harness
of some type.

 

[Breezie]

]Unfortunately, I don't think a bell can "ring" if there is a cord
running across both sides of the bell. [/B]I'll stick with the conchos
idea, or some other hand-made decorative addition to a harness
of some type.

I agree; maybe I should have been more specific. If they were all strung together, instead of 'ringing,' they would 'clang' when they struck each other; hence hanging on a shopkeepers door. Breezie

 

[Paleopilot]

Maybe they are just "jury-rigged" buttons that someone made to repair a coat or something.