1800s Yard Whatisit? SOLVED

[Ohio Jerry]

1800's Yard Whatisit? SOLVED

Out of this yard came a no date large cent,a 1909 Barber dime but also a handfull of clad coins so this item is pretty hard to put a date on. It's a neat little decorative find with male threads on one side and female on the other. Looking fwd to any ideas about what this could be. Thanks for looking!!!!

 

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[tymcmurray]

Re: 1800's Yard Whatisit?

Sorry!
I've been racking my brain since you posted it
and I can't even guess. Good luck.

 

[aa battery]

Re: 1800's Yard Whatisit?

 

[alpha78]

Re: 1800's Yard Whatisit?

Looks like part of a C-Clamp. For clamping something to a table? Like an apple peeler.

 

[Old River]

Re: 1800's Yard Whatisit? (picture)

This is the clamp to what they called a sewing bird. Go to your search, look up sewing bird. I believe you will find them. I found one like yours a couple of months ago, and a couple of weeks later I found the bird that attaches to it. Very nice find.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: 1800's Yard Whatisit?

Great ID Old River and alpha!! Antique Victorian Sewing Bird Clamp.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Art-Nou...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Item Description

This auction is for an Authentic 19th Century Antique Sewing Clamp with Pin Cusion ~ My research revealed, that these are commonly referred to as a Sewing Bird ~ even when they do not have a "bird" as part of the design. This particular clamp likely dates to the 1880s or 1890s according to my research of comparables.

Before the advent of sewing machines, these came in very handy since the clamp would hold the material in place while the pin cushion assured that all of your pins and needles were readily accessible.

(bottom pic is Jerry's find)

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1800's Yard Whatisit?

Alpha,Old River and Bigcypresshunter you guys are right on!!! Thanks for your research efforts,
Jerry

 

[AZ-Mtnman]

Re: 1800's Yard Whatisit? SOLVED

LOL I just saw one of those in Old River's collection and was going to tell you about it, but he beat me to it. Nice going guys.