Found at Late 1800s Home

[Baldingboy]

Found at Late 1800's Home

Found at Late 1800's Home

What is this? Any Ideas?

 

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[CRUSADER]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

nope

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

I'd soak it to see what it is...

It almost looks like a little car wheel/tire on a little stand.

 

[willie d]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Coat button?

 

[musclecar]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Looks like an electric meter seal. Is it lead?

MC

 

[Baldingboy]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Looks like an electric meter seal. Is it lead?

MC

No. It is rusty and apparently made of some metal other than lead.

 

[Baldingboy]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Looks like an electric meter seal. Is it lead?

MC

Coat button?

I'd soak it to see what it is...

It almost looks like a little car wheel/tire on a little stand.

nope

Crusader,
Thanks. LOL

Jim,
Took your advice. I have been soaking this in olive oil. I hope that works. Periodically, I have pulled it out and scrubbed on it. Some details are emerging, but not enough yet. Any advice on what to soak it in? Olive Oil is OK?

willie d,
Right now I am leaning toward coat button, but I don't know what the part is that looks like a base or stand for the circular portion.

musclecar,
I don't know what a meter seal looks like. I will research this possibility.

Thanks all,
Baldingboy

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

I have no advice that's any good I'm sure. If you are THAT interested in what it is, try some WD-40 or some other rust eater.

I don't think you have a seal. Imagine a wire wrapped through or around something, and to connect them, or seal them, someone takes some lead and squishes it around the wire, sealing the wires. Um, think wax seal on an old timey envelope...

 

[Baldingboy]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

OK...Thanks for the advice Jim. Good luck on your smoking cessation.

 

[Rob66]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Have to say button too.
RD

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Just had another look, might be one of those 'popper' buttons?

 

[willie d]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Looks like an electric meter seal. Is it lead?

MC

Coat button?

I'd soak it to see what it is...

It almost looks like a little car wheel/tire on a little stand.

nope

Crusader,
Thanks. LOL

Jim,
Took your advice. I have been soaking this in olive oil. I hope that works. Periodically, I have pulled it out and scrubbed on it. Some details are emerging, but not enough yet. Any advice on what to soak it in? Olive Oil is OK?

willie d,
Right now I am leaning toward coat button, but I don't know what the part is that looks like a base or stand for the circular portion.

Just had another look, might be one of those 'popper' buttons?

I don't know what a popper button is. The first thing that that popped into my head was one of those buttons that you twist to fit in the vertical slot on the opposing flap of the coat/garment. However, I could be wayyyyyyyy off.

 

[lonesomebob]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

An electrical box slug? bte they make neat replacements for the lost burner plates on antique iron toy stoves. fyi. Bob

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Looks like a tuning knob of some sort,maybe off a string instrument

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

To me it looks like the top of an old key that was broken off, going to such items as a roll top desk, or china cabnet or even a hutch for example.

 

[texan connection]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

No Its Snot

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Yes it sniss

 

[ashleen]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Looks like a tuning knob of some sort,maybe off a string instrument

ya.......what he said.

 

[sanford.]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

Looks like an old purse latch. Fits through a slot then twists to hold shut. They were also used on fishing creels, sewing boxes and picnic baskets to name a few.

 

[chong2]

Re: Found at Late 1800's Home

looks like the cap of little mushrooms we ate a long time ago