PAT DEC.7.75. Stopper/toggle??

[Hunting_Dad]

Solid brass, reads...
MAGIC
PAT DEC.7.75
OCT 10 1878(9?)



I have fumbled around the patent website, but i clearly dont know what i am doing...
Any ideas?

Thanks
HD

 

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[Tony in SC]

It is the inside of a valve/tap. Maybe for a small keg or a drain. It's one of the oldest ones that I've seen.

 

[HuntinDog]

Tony's got it...
Here a picture

 

[Mackaydon]

Maybe this one:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/nozzle-antique-brass-magic-pat-dec-523095080
Don,......

 

[CRUSADER]

yeap a barrel tap bit

 

[Hunting_Dad]

I dont know exactly how patents work, but I found a patent drawing for a gas light fixture in which the valve "E" looks very similar to the barrel taps and the fire hose nozzle that Don posted. I am guessing that they were likely all covered by the same patent as they have the same patent date

 

[islamoradamark]

iF IT SAYS mAGIC MAYBE R SUPPOSED TO RUB IT