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[usinadi]

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Can someone help me to identify what this is? I found it metal detecting an old house place. I'm sorry I forgot to take a picture of the back but at each end there is a hole like it hung on something. Thank you for any information that you can share with me!

 

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[nhbenz]

It looks like a clock pendulum to me.

 

[Fourman110]

What are the dimensions? Any idea what it's made out of? Any markings on the back? Looks sort of cast-iron stove-ish.

 

[wilcam47]

Cookie press?

 

[islamoradamark]

almost looks like half of a waffle maker

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I'd like to see the backside of it.
A fireplace BELLOWS...?

 

[A2coins]

almost looks like half of a waffle maker

Lol that's what I thought too

 

[johnnyjohnson2043]

Looks sort of cast-iron stove-ish.

This was the first thing that came to my mind, too. Kinda similar to this?

 

[usinadi]

I will get a picture of the back this evening and post it. It feels kind of like cast iron but not for sure. I found it at an old pre-1960's house place that I had metal detected before. The piece was partly out of the ground where wild hogs had rooted it up.

 

[GoldieLocks]

There had to be s Maker's Mark, any other initials on the back or a c with a circle around it? It could be a door knocker?

 

[Indian Steve]

I'm thinking trivet.

 

[DCMatt]

I'm thinking trivet.

Agree. Hot trivet.

Looks like brass. The intertwined initials styling is late Victorian. 1880's give or take a decade.

But without knowing the size and seeing the back it is impossible to say for sure.

 

[Bramblefind]

It looks like a clock pendulum to me.

Yes that looks like the "E.N. Welch" monogram.

Here is one -

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-welch-pendulum-monogram-1792011172

Here is a pendulum of a similar style -

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/n-welch-pendulum-434872712

 

[Red-Coat]

Yes that looks like the "E.N. Welch" monogram.

Here is one -

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-welch-pendulum-monogram-1792011172

Here is a pendulum of a similar style -

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/n-welch-pendulum-434872712

Great ID. I was struggling to decipher the company monogram and in what order the letters were intended to be read.

 

[usinadi]

I am sorry for the late reply...the item I found definitely looks like the clock pendulum! I tried to post a picture of the back of it but it would never upload. Thank you to everyone that helped me ID the item!