✅ SOLVED Small bronze bust figure - What is it????

[Tenspeed]

I found this bronze item two days ago in the yard of an 1805 house in the town where I live. I estimate it to be from the early 1900's but don't have a clue as to what it is.

When I dug it I originally thought it might be a faucet knob because I grabbed the base first. The base is threaded and it has "Pat Applied For" stamped on the back. It appears to have "England" on the head. The treads are about the size of a faucet handle shaft. It is very comfortable when grabbed from above with two fingers.

The pedestal with the hole in it on the back throws me, it is as if a ring or cord was attached to it. The rod that someone put in the hole in the back is neat in itself in that it is tapered on both ends.

Is it a plumbing pull of some kind? Does it go on a cane or walking stick? The threads are too large for a lamp finial.

Any ideas??

 

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[recondigger]

Did you put the wire on it?

 

[DCMatt]

Door knocker.



DCMatt

 

[Subterranean]

DC Matt beat me to it! Whimsical door knocker. The chain link must have been added later to make it usable for some other purpose (pull chain on and antique toilet?) I think an "L" shaped striking piece would have been screwed into the bottom of the bust. Very cool find! Sub

 

[ivan salis]

door knocker --my other guess would have been a pipe tamper

 

[bigfoot1]

is it just me ?......lol........

 

[mangum]

is it just me ?......lol....<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=793632"/>

LOL!

 

[Subterranean]

I thought the bronze guy looks like an old English sailor, maybe an anchor-shaped weight was attached to the bottom of the figure?

 

[DCMatt]

is it just me ?......lol....View attachment 793632....View attachment 793642

OMG that is FUNNY!

DCMatt

 

[Tenspeed]

Thanks for the ID DC Matt. We had discussed door knocker but I wasn't thinking about a two piece one. I guess we can put this one to bed.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Door knocker.

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DCMatt

Im not sure who it is but I agree door knocker.
Antique ROBBIE BURNS Brass Door Knocker from molotov on Ruby Lane
Vintage Robert Burns Brass Door Knocker | eBay

 

[Tenspeed]

Im not sure who it is but I agree door knocker.
Antique ROBBIE BURNS Brass Door Knocker from molotov on Ruby Lane
Vintage Robert Burns Brass Door Knocker | eBay

Thanks for the picture Bigcypresshunter!! You found the needle in the haystack, a picture of one probably made by the same company.

This is definitely solved thanks to you and DCMatt!