Totally lost on this one ??????????????

[tinpan]

hi all,Found this brass hook the other night but i,m totally lost.It's about 3 inchs long.I donot believe that it is a door knocker or a furniture fitting.Any ideas.

tinpan

 

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[privateer]

curtan or drape hanger?

 

[Harry_Morant]

Could it be off a dray or coach or from a tram luggage rack??

 

[Montana Jim]

curtan or drape hanger?

I like this idea...

 

[cryptodave]

Could have been some kind of knapsack hook. Looks like the "button" portion could have fit into a hole, and the hook to latch it to a catch.
Just reminds me a little of the J hooks from CW knapsacks. Obviously the J hooks had less meat and turned to the side.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Could also be marine. Brass doesn't corrode in saltwater, so its used on fittings.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Looks like Knapsack hanger to me also

 

[Angelo]

Or as suggested.

Curtain rod hanger

But I do like Gypsy's find

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Possibly part of a horse harness, too. The button seems to be designed to fit in a hole in leather and the loop would be large enough for a rope or a metal loop on another strap.

 

[dugupfinds]

I like some of the suggestions above, but I will add another possibility:

Sword/dagger hanger hook. I have similar. Fixed to leather belt to hang your sword from.

 

[Charlene]

Its a real nice one

 

[Relic_hunter1557]

I've seen one on a historic home we have here. It's similar to an old fashioned doorbell crank, i think.

 

[coinman66]

canippuler valve

 

[EDDE]

muffler bearing ?

 

[geo4472]

tool used for streaching or pulling wire out for barb wire fence ,telegraph,etc...

 

[konnon6]

nope looks like a clasp off a turn out coat on a firemans jacket.
where was it found? type of soil?

 

[EDDE]

got it
its a left handed smoke bender 8)

 

[Hillbilly bread]

That is a can opener for latex paint thiner Ha ha. Good find looks old. Hillbilly Bread<><

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I thought of a sword hangar when I first saw it. HH, Mike

 

[MD Dog]

Thats definately a thingybob for opening jars of elbow grease, in fact I got one just like it here in the drawer. hold on a sec while I look. there it is ! gosh darn camera I'll have to get back to you on this one, cameras on the fritz. No really Charliep got it right sort of as did gypsy heart sort of. I'ts used for stringing packs onto pack horses or mules. There are two used with the buttons passed through the hole or slot cut into a heavy piece of leather thats padded. then obviously the packs/ boxes or whatever are tide and simply hung on either side of the pack animal.