✅ SOLVED SOMEBODY recently posted this item looking for an ID ~ I cant seem to find that post

[creskol]

SOMEBODY recently posted this item looking for an ID ~ I can't seem to find that post

Does anybody remember seeing this relic or know who posted it?

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

I remember seeing that object in the What-Is-It forum a few days ago. To help you, I looked back through the entire past week of posts, but couldn't find it. Perhaps the Original Poster deleted it.

 

[creskol]

I remember seeing that object in the What-Is-It forum a few days ago. To help you, I looked back through the entire past week of posts, but couldn't find it. Perhaps the Original Poster deleted it.

Thank you Pete for your efforts. I appreciate it.

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Looks like some kind of valve handle to me.

 

[cudamark]

I agree except they're usually keyed so they won't spin in the shaft.

 

[duggap]

On another forum it was said to be off a harp. I have no idea if that is correct or not.

 

[creskol]

On another forum it was said to be off a harp. I have no idea if that is correct or not.

Yup .. I was the one who ID'd it on the other forum. Off of a harp, indeed!

Not a multi-stringed instrument .. and not a mouth harp .. but a musical harp (of sorts) none the less .. ... It is one leg, broken off of the mounting harp from a Victorian era carriage or sleigh bell.

Here is what the bell and the harp would have looked like:

 

[cudamark]

Somehow, creskol's looks more industrial than a sleigh bell leg. It looks to have a bit of rust too which would make me doubtful. Aren't sleigh bells made of brass?

 

[creskol]

Somehow, creskol's looks more industrial than a sleigh bell leg. It looks to have a bit of rust too which would make me doubtful. Aren't sleigh bells made of brass?

Yes they are. The broken leg is solid brass, too.

 

[cudamark]

Oh, it is? It somehow looked rusty to me.