✅ SOLVED Two Whatzits... One Lead and One Brass

[cambria09]

Hello All. I found these at a 1920's home site. The round thing is lead with a steel "axle", maybe part of a toy? I think the brass item goes to a door latch?

Thanks for checking my post and LMK if you have any info on these items.

C9

 

[BosnMate]

This is really a swag. When I was a kid, there were toy gyroscopes, you could spin the wheel and it would balance and what all, don't remember a lot about it. Looks like you
might have found a gyroscope wheel

 

[lockster99]

Second pic looks like a door box lock keeper.

 

[Higgy]

I agree with BosnMate and Lockster99. I think they nailed it.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

First one I think is the antique version of this....

 

[Hoosier Digger]

Thank you for posting because I found this object this summer at a house built around the turn of the century, and I didn't have a clue what it was. Obviously the center portion had been broken out. At first I thought it was some elaborate faucet handle, but now you've helped solve the mystery. Thanks!

 

[Hoosier Digger]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/112269502/vintage-toy-gyro-gyroscope Here is a link to an image of an intact toy gyroscope.

 

[cambria09]

This is really a swag. When I was a kid, there were toy gyroscopes, you could spin the wheel and it would balance and what all, don't remember a lot about it. Looks like you
might have found a gyroscope wheel

Hello BosnMate. Thanks for the identification, I had the feeling that it was some kind of toy. Looks like these things were popular starting in the 1950's. Good luck out there. C9