Brass bracket....what is it?

[jsandin]

Found at demolished house site in Eastern KS...what is it?

 

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[Subterranean]

It looks like a rolling door track guide, kinda like what modern closet doors have now. Sub

 

[nhbenz]

Do the screw holes have a tapered side?, to help confirm which side faced out?

 

[jsandin]

Do the screw holes have a tapered side?, to help confirm which side faced out?

I will take a look tonight, and maybe repost more photos. Thanks!

 

[jsandin]

More photos, showing the tapered side of the holes, and the back of the bracket.

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks a two strap guide to hold luggage or a trunk for a buggy or early car.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I agree with Subterranean... a track guide of some sort... because it has a high-raised flange next to the beveled screw-hole at each end of the object. Those flanges are present because they have a function... they are not mere decoratiions. They help keep something (such as a rolling door) "on track."

 

[jsandin]

I agree with Subterranean... a track guide of some sort... because it has a high-raised flange next to the beveled screw-hole at each end of the object. Those flanges are present because they have a function... they are not mere decoratiions. They help keep something (such as a rolling door) "on track."

Wondering now why there are channels in the underside of the item, in addition to the channels/flanges in the top.

I scoured a 1902 Sears catalog tonight from front to back, and found nothing like it. Not to mention Google.

I'm not ruling anything out....strap guide, track guide...or maybe a drawer guide?

 

[Peyton Manning]

Wondering now why there are channels in the underside of the item, in addition to the channels/flanges in the top.

I scoured a 1902 Sears catalog tonight from front to back, and found nothing like it. Not to mention Google.

I'm not ruling anything out....strap guide, track guide...or maybe a drawer guide?

underside channels are because it is stamped from a strip of metal of the same size

 

[jsandin]

I've been on the computer for an hour, and the closest thing I found was "footman loop", but I saw none as complex as this. Thought it might be saddle hardware. No luck there either. Thought it might be a double hung window guide (although it's it's too narrow). No luck there either. Those raised flanges by the screw holes hold the answer, probably.

 

[jsandin]

I am about ready to take this object back to the cursed plot of ground where I found it, and re-bury it.

I've spent about 3 hours online viewing every brass object known to man.

I want to see a picture of another one just like it, with its name in easy-to-read words.

Then I can die happy.

 

[coinman123]

Maybe a random piece of a house?

 

[jsandin]

Maybe a random piece of a house?

There are lots of random pieces of a house at that site. I want such stuff at the sites I hunt. But I'm wracking my brain to determine the item's function.

I thought it might be a socket into which the ends of a 3-rod towel drying rack could be inserted when not in use, but found no such thing in any 3-rod towel drying rack pictures.

If a pair of these were mounted on top of a vehicle, they could serve as tie-down guides for baggage, as suggested by Tony. I've found nothing like it in that category.

And I've looked at door guides, as suggested by Subterranean. I've found nothing like it in that category, either.

It also seems to me that door or drawer or window guides, even more than 100 years ago, would be made from steel, not brass, for durability's sake.

Consider me stumped....for the time being.

 

[Peyton Manning]

hey there skippy, if you expect to identify every piece of metal you find, you will go crazy

 

[jsandin]

hey there skippy, if you expect to identify every piece of metal you find, you will go crazy

I hear you.
It's too late for me, but others may profit from your advice.