🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Ornate Bronze item! Amulet or pulley?

[cabers]

Thought this was a pulley until I realized the river is only flattened on one side. Also the design is a bit showy for something so utilitarian. My buddy found a picture of a Viking amulet that looks a lot like it, but seeing as this was found near an 1800s homesite in PA, I’m guessing that’s not likely. Any ideas on age and use?

 

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[Tpmetal]

I thought we already identified this piece? maybe it was somewhere else. It Looks like a pulley from a hanging lamp set up.

 

[cabers]

Thought this was a pulley until I realized the river is only flattened on one side. Also the design is a bit showy for something so utilitarian. My buddy found a picture of a Viking amulet that looks a lot like it, but seeing as this was found near an 1800s homesite in PA, I’m guessing that’s not likely. Any ideas on age and use?

Here’s a pic of the amulet he found online:

 

[cabers]

I thought we already identified this piece? maybe it was somewhere else. It Looks like a pulley from a hanging lamp set up.

Good memory! I posted it in todays finds on the day that I found it and someone said lamp pulley, but with the lack of rivet on the one side, I would think the pulley would come apart under load. Also the hole above the center hole seems interesting.

 

[Red-Coat]

Thought this was a pulley until I realized the river is only flattened on one side. Also the design is a bit showy for something so utilitarian. My buddy found a picture of a Viking amulet that looks a lot like it, but seeing as this was found near an 1800s homesite in PA, I’m guessing that’s not likely. Any ideas on age and use?

Here’s a pic of the amulet he found online:

But your friend didn't show you the Etsy amulet in side view. It has nothing like the same construction as your piece, although the scrollwork decoration has vague stylistic similarities:

 

[Ekim14]

Victorian pully would seem much more likely than an amulet. They were often very ornate.

 

[dozer dan]

Tarp or canvas tie down? Tablecloth weight?