✅ SOLVED Found at old homesite , not sure about it ,

[Nathan W]

It’s got some wire or brissels wrapped around

 

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[pecor]

Are the Bristles brass or copper?? Electrical, Coil & Windings. For some type of motor or Relay switch

 

[Nathan W]

Are the Bristles brass or copper?? Electrical, Coil & Windings. For some type of motor or Relay switch

Copper

 

[Almy]

The horseshoe part is likely a magnet, to either produce electricity in the copper wire (generator) or rotation (motor) in a shaft that would have gone through it.

 

[DanMcG]

Reminds me of a small engine coil/magneto

 

[dozer dan]

Old transformer part.

 

[ColtsPop]

Yes it is a coil

 

[Lenrac2]

Something from an old battery run farm radio?

 

[Blackfoot58]

I wonder about a hand crank telephone. It looks like a gear/cog would mount on one side. This would have been stationary and the crank would turn the works. Just a wild guess.