found this today....what the heck is it????

[funkman]

This is made of cast iron I believe and is about half a basketball size (basketball is on side of it for size comparison). It has a threaded rod coming out the top or bottom of it (not sure which way is up with this thing). Was found in an area with other relics like an old tin pan and pot and shards of pottery.

Anyone have any ideas? It look like it would hacve been a lamp shade like tiffany style or so but obviuosly niot stained glass and it is heavy. Only half of it is here, might find the other half another time.

Thanks,

Funkman

 

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[kenb]

I was thinking the base of a floor lamp maybe. How are you making out with knife by the way?

kenb

 

[Gypsy Heart]

It looks like a base for a floor lamp

 

[Gypsy Heart]

oops looks like ken was posting same time as me..but he won!

 

[dg39]

It looks like a base for a floor lamp

I'll vote floor lamp base too.

 

[kenb]

You have a great eye for relics gypsy! I'd say we both won

 

[funkman]

thanks you two...you sure are quick.

KenB, I have not even attempted anything with the knife yet cause it is too corroded and don't want to further destroy it.

SO base for floor lamp it is.....any idea of age or am I pushing it with you guys


BTW, Gypsy, take a look at my todays finds post, think I might have come across another foundation but want other opinions on it. It seems like whatever it was was made out of concrete. Did they use that in making houses in the 1800's??


Thanks again.

Funkman

 

[funkman]

sorry, thanks for the input also dg39.

 

[MiddenMonster]

Anyone have any ideas? It look like it would hacve been a lamp shade like tiffany style or so but obviuosly niot stained glass and it is heavy. Only half of it is here, might find the other half another time.

Here's a slightly different take on it. It also looks like a base for a ceiling lamp, most likely a chandelier. Yours is the part that fits against the ceiling. A chain would hang from the smooth area with the hole, and the chandelier would hang below that. If you watch This Old House you frequently see them made of plaster, but they were also made of metal. As for dating, I would guess the 1920s or 1930s.

 

[diggummup]

I would guess early 1900's probably around 1920 or so for the age of the base.Just a guess.Cool find,and concrete (portland cement)as we know it has been around for a couple hundred years almost.

 

[dg39]

1900 to 1920 is just about right. Closer to 1900 though.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Funkyman!
You are really getting good at finding these cellar holes....from all the photos you sent ,I am sure you know what you have found by now! Even if there is newer cement ,it could have been done at a later period ,covering brick or stone.
Go for it and bring home some great finds!

 

[jeremiah212]

MiddenMonster's correct. my first thought was also a cieling light....yes definitly a base for a hanging cieling light...

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I dont know guys.....cast iron hanging from a plaster ceiling just doesnt sound right..........

 

[jeremiah212]

they call it a chandelier canopy.. they were made of cast iron as well as other material..

he never said it was hanging from plaster and doesn't look very thick anyway ..
i got a cieling fan that i can barely lift ..yet my cieling holds it just fine

 

[The Seeker]

It is the cover of a cast iron wood burning stove! Some have a flat top for heating a pot , and the piece should have had ahandle on the top of it and was placed on top of the stove as a decoration! Hope this helps!

 

[MiddenMonster]

I dont know guys.....cast iron hanging from a plaster ceiling just doesnt sound right..........

The piece wouldn't be "hanging" from a plaster ceiling. The attachment method is the threaded rod. It passes through hole in the center of thecast piece, then into the ceiling. Also, if you look at the lower right corner of the second image you can see what looks like an attaching mechanism. The plaster versions of these design pieces would have simply been attached with plaster, but the metal ones couldn't be.

 

[funkman]

since we are going between lamp base and chandelier canopy, I will take some closer pictures of som of the features. Maybe that will help.

Thanks,

Funkman

 

[Monty]

Being somewhat an expert at being completely wrong, I'd say it is a weighted cast iron base for a table umbrella. The hole in the middle is where the medal receptacle to hold the bottom of the umbrella is missing. Monty

 

[silverswede]

I'd like to go along with Seeker on this one. We had an old cast iron heater when I was young and it had a lid on top like a regular cook stove and the "ornate" chromed thing that sat on top of that looked like the pictured relic. On the bottom of picture two there is what looks like the hinge pin that fit into a hole in the stove top and allowed the piece to swing to the side for access to the lid. It also had an ornamental piece that was attached to the top of it and was chromed also. Hope you find the rest of it funkman.