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Rock22

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Found this the other day on my property the other day. I live on old farmland where a large barn once stood.
 

It may be the diaphragm in an old timey fuel pump to boost the windshield wiper vacuum. Any one remember vacuum windshield wipers and how they would quit when going up a hill. The engine loses vacuum the more you open the throttle so this booster on the fuel pump would supply vacuum and keep the wipers going. Not many cars came with this. It was an add on. I think you had to replace the whole fuel pump and this came on the new one. Cost extra!
 

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Again... this is Pewter.

no offense here, but I have never seen pewter with a rolled lip like that... I'm gonna guess it might not be pewter, or only part of it is pewter. but hey I could be wrong
Edit just did some googling...I'm wrong lol
 

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no offense here, but I have never seen pewter with a rolled lip like that... I'm gonna guess it might not be pewter, or only part of it is pewter. but hey I could be wrong
Edit just did some googling...I'm wrong lol

It says right on it "Genuine Pewter".

That is unless I read it wrong.
 

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It says right on it "Genuine Pewter".

That is unless I read it wrong.

yeah it does, was just thinking that it might only be that bottom part. my brain lead me astray.
 

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Being Pewter, It looks like it may be the base stem to a bowl or candle stick?
 

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What about the top to a gas lamp or lantern? The holes would allow smoke to disapaye and not fog glass. Ive has similar on my kerosene lamps before but the section attached is confusing unless it was part of a shade.
 

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I think it might be a lantern cap or baseInkedlanternmagicmuti_LI.jpg.
 

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What about the top to a gas lamp or lantern? The holes would allow smoke to disapaye and not fog glass. Ive has similar on my kerosene lamps before but the section attached is confusing unless it was part of a shade.

what I was thinking
 

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