✅ SOLVED Old brass item furniture? gun related?

[bologna321]

Found next to an old 1850's road, at first I thought gun part or furniture part. It is brass under the patina. Any thoughts welcome, thanks.

 

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[A2coins]

Looks like a handle to a gate my uneducated guess

 

[TommyB]

Looks like it could be a trigger guard for a rifle or shotgun.

 

[l.cutler]

Way too small to be a triggerguard, could be part of a latch of some sort.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

It's pretty small, so I'm thinking based on the position of the screw holes that it's part of a cabinet latch.

Dave

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Agreed, way too small for a trigger gaurd, I’d say furniture related

 

[creskol]

What you actually have is a portion of a strap block off of an old wooden horse hame.

 

[bologna321]

Another amazing ID by Creskol