What is this??

[issombeituni]

I found this from a site that was tore down in the 50s the house from from the early 1800s

 

[creskol]

Hmm .. square hole fitted for a carriage bolt ... friction ribs on the flat surface to lock it into position, Looks like a lever would have gone through the slot and seated in the channel .. Must be a tensioning device for something ... but what?? Interesting piece!

 

[issombeituni]

Thanks for the ideas... I been told beer cap opener or a locking part of a old floor trunk

 

[creskol]

Thanks for the ideas... I been told beer cap opener or a locking part of a old floor trunk

My guess is that it's off of a piece of equipment of some sort.

 

[rock]

I was thinking a bottle opener from a coke machine myself. They use to be mounted on the front of the machines when the bottles were glass. The cokes use to taste much better back then.