Brass possible flag pole finial, bu how old?

[smokeythecat]

Found on a site which produces late 18th century to yesterday's stuff.

Made of rather heavy brass, about 4" long. The interior will hold about a 1" piece.
Civil War buttons and WWI buttons were found nearby as well as the top of a military "jerry can" lid.

It is tapered and narrower at the top of the "ball".

 

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[marion moore]

it looks like one, maybe someboby will jump in and help

marion

 

[bill from lachine]

Either a nob for a oxen horn or a harness piece....the name of which escapes me at the moment.

The harness piece if that is what it is the name is a Hanes knob.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[smokeythecat]

Oxen left that area way before the Civil War. that old?

 

[flinthunter]

Maybe a whiffletree tip.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Its shape and proportions show it to be a Hames Ball-Top. See below, a scan of a diagram from an 1897 Sears & Roebuck catalog, posted here in this forum a few years ago by HomeGuardDan.

By the way, a Whiffletree Tip has a slot in its narrow end, to hold a leather strap. See the other scan, originally posted here by Mojjax, showing a Whiffletree Tip in an 1895 Sears & Roebuck mail order catalog.

 

[releventchair]

Either a nob for a oxen horn or a harness piece....the name of which escapes me at the moment.

The harness piece if that is what it is the name is a Hanes knob.

Regards + HH

Bill

Alright Uncle ,you got it.
Hames tip.



Edit ,Cannonball Guy got it while I searched for a pic. too!

 

[marion moore]

see i was right, they jumped right in there to solve it.

marion