Large, pre-CW BRASS piece with Lettering

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

I found this mystery piece at an old site where everything found was 1820-1840 (except for one modern ignition key).

It is marked "SVILLE KY" which has to be "Louisville, KY." The other side is stamped "J. BRIDO" (the piece is broken there). The last letter on this side could be an "O," but also perhaps a "G" or "C."







The circular piece at the end looks like it had an iron pin through it. The top of the circular end is solid:



The bottom of the circular end has a slit through which a piece of iron went:




Any help is much appreciated.



Best Wishes,



Buckleboy

 

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[jgowans]

Buggy spring? Old shock absorbers....

 

[BuckleBoy]

Buggy spring? Old shock absorbers....

I've found those before--they're usually iron, I thought...

 

[dirt diva]

Found a company out of Louisville, J.Bridge Co. had something to do with railroad parts.

 

[ivan salis]

I think dirt divas on track rail road stuff,

 

[nhbenz]

There actually are bunch of other towns/cities in Kentucky that end with those letters Hyattsville, Nicholasville, etc. At one point someone had found a piece with those same letters showing at which point someone compiled a list, but I can't find the thread.

 

[BuckleBoy]

There actually are bunch of other towns/cities in Kentucky that end with those letters Hyattsville, Nicholasville, etc. At one point someone had found a piece with those same letters showing at which point someone compiled a list, but I can't find the thread.

Sorry--I was basing that assumption on the fact that it was dug fairly close to Louisville.



I see mention of J. Bridge Co. around the turn of the century--but not earlier. Seems odd to have a railroad part at a farm where there are no tracks within Miles. I had actually wondered if it was part of an arm from a balance or set of scales... Before posting, I sorted through images of scales--all I could find was one photo that was similar, but didn't really illustrate what I had in mind.

 

[RJGMC]

Find a picture of a platform scale. Normally used at feed stores, freight depots, even scrap/junkyards where you sell your aluminum cans and scrap copper. They are the type that had weights hanging on one end, you slid the pointer across until it balanced. That would have been the end that had the weights added to it. The end that is missing would have had the pound increments on it. It is probably brass.

Bob

 

[BuckleBoy]

Find a picture of a platform scale. Normally used at feed stores, freight depots, even scrap/junkyards where you sell your aluminum cans and scrap copper. They are the type that had weights hanging on one end, you slid the pointer across until it balanced. That would have been the end that had the weights added to it. The end that is missing would have had the pound increments on it. It is probably brass.

Bob

I haven't been able to find a good photo of the piece you're talking about yet... I'll keep looking.

 

[tymcmurray]

Don't forget the possibility that it is something from
the famous Jim Bridger!!
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BridgerJ.html

 

[creskol]

Here is a possibility ..

.. looks sort of similar ..

 

[Blacksheep]

Here`s platform scale, not sure it would be from this type of scale though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-ROLLING-PLATFORM-SCALE-COUNTER-WEIGHT-BALANCE_W0QQitemZ110291012149QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110291012149&_trkparms=72%3A1419|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Here is a possibility ..

.. looks sort of similar ..

That's a good guess, but to my knowledge melodions didn't have pedals.  Either way, I think what's pictured above is a piano pedal--either spinet or upright grand. No iron piece attached to the circular end, though.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Buckleboy,here's a picture of a handheld brass scale we used for weighing our fish in Canada many moons ago. If your piece had something to do with a scale of this type it would have the numbers on it. If it's something to do with the railroad could it be part of an old switch handle?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Buckleboy,here's a picture of a handheld brass scale we used for weighing our fish in Canada many moons ago. If your piece had something to do with a scale of this type it would have the numbers on it. If it's something to do with the railroad could it be part of an old switch handle?

Thanks for your reply, Jerry. I may hit the business records here a bit more and see if I can turn anything up... I'm really curious about the piece since I've never found anything even similar to it before.


-Buckles

 

[EDDE]

Find a picture of a platform scale. Normally used at feed stores, freight depots, even scrap/junkyards where you sell your aluminum cans and scrap copper. They are the type that had weights hanging on one end, you slid the pointer across until it balanced. That would have been the end that had the weights added to it. The end that is missing would have had the pound increments on it. It is probably brass.

Bob

this

 

[jgowans]

To me it looks symetrical. Considering where the lettering is.
Something like this

 

[NGE]

G'Day mate, I've been lookin' for me prototype boomerang for years, I give 'er a whirl back in '83, and it never returned to me. Thanks fer finding it, I guess I'll just have to try another type of material, I see that brass does not work......NGE (T)

 

[BuckleBoy]

JG--I think you're Absolutely Right about the piece being symmetrical.

I think it would've been an odd shape for even a set of scales (keep in mind that an iron piece came out of the bottom of the round pieces, and was held in place there by an iron pin that went all the way through...).

I had originally though--this arc you photoshopped up top, with two balances hanging down from the circular pieces...but couldn't find anything to match my imaginary ID for the item. :P

 

[jgowans]

I don't see a post on what it is made of.
As far as railroad item, the tracks could be long gone. I keep getting the feeling it is electrical related though.
Maybe from an electric railway. But I am reaching now.