Like to know what it is?

[pistol-pete]

Found this Sunday in this 1870s mining camp. Have no clue what it is, Anyone have a guess? Measures 2 13/16 out side and 1 13/16 inside

 

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[albertapicker]

a piece of a horse bit (side piece) or a ring from the traces? decorum off of a piece of furniture... that's my ideas anyway. what does the other side look like?

 

[pistol-pete]

Exactly the same on both sides. Looks to me as though it mounted on something.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

We've seen those here before. As I recall one of the more plausible guesses was pipe brackets for overhead runs that fit in a metal "C" channel.

As and I further recall that was my guess becasue I have worked at two steam powered and heated facilities of pre-WWI age and they looked familiar.

 

[bill from lachine]

I think Charlie's bang on with the id.....I found one somewhat similar in a 1920's school yard and that was the best guess also.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[nhbenz]

I believe they were iron bed frame hardware

Edit -- like these: http://www.antique-hardware.com/Bed_Parts/BF-105_Horseshoe_Bed_Rail_Fastener

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Gotta admit. Nhbenz has the image of the right size to support bed hardware. Trumps my guess.

 

[pistol-pete]

Thanks nhbenz, You are right on with this one. Would never have guessed. Pete

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Confirming that Nhbenz got it right (a late-Victorian era "horseshoe-style" bedrail hook):
the image below showing one on the wooden bedrail, with info about it, was posted here a couple of years ago by our fellow T-Net relic ID-helper Creskol.

 

[pistol-pete]

Thanks, Cannonballguy, Great info.