Is this a Morris code thing?

[sproatz]

Morris code box or something else?

 

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[ARC]

Looks like telegraph.

 

[relic nut]

Maybe part of old limit switch, like on a pressure tank. Just a guess

 

[sutphin]

ITs the top to a model t ford coil ??vanzutphen

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Give that man a cigar.

Old ignition coil contacts (likely Ford).

Early ones had wood bases.


Yours is later.

 

[sproatz]

Awesome thank you everyone

 

[Tony in SC]

Yep, buzz coil. The were used on Model T's and Hit & Miss engines. Tony

 

[DCMatt]

I once saw the brass "T" piece from one of these listed on ebay as a patch-box latch from a colonial era musket.

And somebody bought it!!!

DCMatt