Strange relic found on colonial farm in VA

[Gregg3131]

Any ideas on this brass relic? Looks like number 2..

 

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[baddley]

Check out the 2:59 mark on the find for his video, looks similar to his piece but not sure. Good old Hoover Boys, love their stuff

Scott

 

[creskol]

Are you sure it is brass?

 

[smokeythecat]

I'm not sure it's an actual number, I could be wrong. My first guess is a broken piece to a sword hand guard.

 

[Gregg3131]

Not sure its brass

 

[Red James Cash]

Its scroll work.

 

[lairmo]

Try a magnet and let us know brass or not... pretty small and 'does look like the top of a 2'...but...

 

[Gregg3131]

Does not stick to magnet

 

[creskol]

looks like it has lettering on it .. clean it up a bit more and see if there are any more clues.

 

[Gregg3131]

Cleaned up

looks like it has lettering on it .. clean it up a bit more and see if there are any more clues.

Here you go cleaned up some

 

[creskol]

I can see now that isn't a 2 .. just part of a scroll.

 

[smokeythecat]

I also agree it's part of a scroll. Looks about the right thickness for a sword hand guard.

 

[creskol]

Question..

 

[nhbenz]

Would a sword guard be so crude on the back side? It seems crude enough (on the back) to from something that it wouldn’t be seen, just for example maybe from a base like on this candlestick:

 

[nhbenz]

Dunno, something Victorian I’d guess...

 

[lairmo]

Here's what is see after a little manipulation...

 

[Gregg3131]

Creskol they are decorative vertical lines

 

[Gregg3131]

You nailed it Lairmo

 

[creskol]

A "chunk-o-ornamentation" as Ben suggested .. It isn't a sword guard.

 

[Red James Cash]

Probably part to a cast iron stove.