I found this today,no idea what it is...

[castletonking]

I found this item in the same area as the reale i found this morning,no idea what it is,it may be brass as it came form the ground in great condition.It has a flower design border and verticle ridges on the little shaft part.any guesses at what it might be,because i have no clue. thanks for any help.

 

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[Ralphw]

micrometer-hacksaw or clamp?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Its part of a Sewing Bird

 

[batcap]

[Expletive Deleted]! You nailed that one, bigcypresshunter!

 

[castletonking]

Its part of a Sewing Bird

thanks man

 

[High Plains Digger]

Pardon my lack of worldly wisdom not acquired through vast experience, but what is a sewing bird? I will just leave it at that with none of the obvious spontaneous crackage.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Pardon my lack of worldly wisdom not acquired through vast experience, but what is a sewing bird?

My grandma used a machine to repair our clothes when I was younger. I really miss her. She did some good work on my favorite shirts. I found this explanation on the internet. http://monmouthmuseum.org/sewingbird.html "Sewing clamps were used in the 18th century to attach one end of a piece of cloth firmly to a table to enable a seamstress to hold her sewing taut with one hand while stitching with the other. Before the invention of the sewing machine clothing, sheets and other household items were sewn by hand." It can also have a pin cushion.

 

[Breezie]

Nice ID BCH, and nice find Castle! Breezie

 

[kuger]

yep,I found the actual "bird",a couple years ago,and thought,"what the heck?"

 

[High Plains Digger]

The sewing bird concept had never crossed my mind............until now. I have learned something. My only question is, what piece of knowledge have I lost to make room for the sewing bird? Worries me.

 

[castletonking]

Nice ID BCH, and nice find Castle! Breezie

thanks

 

[castletonking]

any guesses as to what period a piece like this might date from? it was found in the same general area as the reale i found was and near what i believe to be colonial cellar holes.

 

[olepossum]

i was going to say it looks like a fancy surgeons clamp for blocking something while cutting on something else