Ball and Claw Thing

[pmb333]

Hi All,

I found this years ago, detecting a burned-out house site (you can see charred wood in the socket).

It’s obviously a ball and claw-type foot or leg for something, but what? It’s approximately 4” tall with a worn flat spot on the ball. In one image I’m holding it with the worn spot flat on the table surface. At this angle, a tripod or whatever would be pretty short – about 10” at the most.

Any ideas out there? I did some basic searching on the web and didn’t find anything that matched closely. I’m guessing some of the antique and relic experts here might have seen something like this.

 

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[creskol]

Here you go ...

 

[lostcauses]

Foot off a table

 

[creskol]

click here: http://tinyurl.com/7cpy3vj

 

[chrisplay2004]

Everything...the wood...the screw...the claw and the ball..
I say GREEN Check

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Piano stool! Childhood flashback as soon as I saw it.

 

[cw0909]

Here you go ...

well dam creskol,after 20yr i know what those are now LOL
never found any mding,but have seen them loose ,laying around at a few houses
great ID

 

[BosnMate]

I knew I'd seen the same thing someplace, but couldn't place it. Great ID. I remember in the fog of memories from long ago, it was either a table or bench at a relatives house.

 

[tomjiggy]

I was actually thinking along the lines of a D&Ders set, some of them like to have life sized replicas such as sword and armor. I was thinking maybe the tip of a mages staff of power...lol