This has me curious

[SC-Ric]

Found this in an old park. It's solid brass and was chrome plated but most of the chrome is gone. No writing or stamp on it anywhere. Looks like it was on something that was painted orange because they got some paint on the bottom. The bottom has what looks like the remains of a rusty bolt. I was thinking a light or gauge, but it doesn't look like there is a place for any wiring.

 

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[pippinwhitepaws]

oh..it could be a door stop...I thought it was a cowl lamp...but you are correct on the lack of wiring outlets...

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Solid Brass?...I wonder if its part of a Boat or something...Where are you located?

 

[SoCalBeachScanner]

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Looks like an end cap for an old brass railing

 

[SC-Ric]

Found it in Columbia, SC.

 

[DCMatt]

oh..it could be a door stop...I thought it was a cowl lamp...but you are correct on the lack of wiring outlets...

Door stop.

DCMatt

 

[Helix]

I was going to say the end cap to the foot rail that would of been on a old time bar at a saloon.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Door stop.

DCMatt

That looks like it!

 

[cudamark]

I think it's more likely to be an end cap for a section of railing than a door stop. Door stops are usually mounted on the floor (or deck) and it would be pretty hard to mount it from the back side in most applications.

 

[SoCalBeachScanner]

I think it's more likely to be an end cap for a section of railing than a door stop. Door stops are usually mounted on the floor (or deck) and it would be pretty hard to mount it from the back side in most applications.

Exactly cudamark ... And, I found more cash laying on the sand this morning ... $10 bucks laying by a leg of a Lifeguard Tower.

 

[calisdad]

I agree with cudamark. I first thought perhaps towel bar bracket but the orange paint (if that is what is on it) leads me to believe its an entry handrail for a school bus.

 

[NHBandit]

Or from a pickup truck bed rail. Betting it's one of a pair though that had a section of pipe between them regardless of the actual application.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

 

[DCMatt]

Painted orange to make it visable... So no one trips on it... On the floor... By the door... Where everyone walks...


DCMatt

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I think it's more likely to be an end cap for a section of railing than a door stop. Door stops are usually mounted on the floor (or deck) and it would be pretty hard to mount it from the back side in most applications.

Im not disagreeing with you....But it seems like it would be anchored in the ground by a dowel or something.
I dont know what the part on the bottom of this would be attached to a railing.
I could see if it were threaded or didnt have the (bolt?) on the bottom of it

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It's a door stop the bolt is broken off in the piece if the OP drilled out the broken piece it would have threads in it.

 

[cudamark]

Looks overkill for being a door stop. I still don't see how you would attach it to a floor unless there was a crawl space below to allow you access to bolt it down.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Looks overkill for being a door stop. I still don't see how you would attach it to a floor unless there was a crawl space below to allow you access to bolt it down.

I was thinking it was anchored into the concrete rather than bolted to anything

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I was thinking it was anchored into the concrete rather than bolted to anything

Exactly how it was attached, my high school had them on the double doors, concrete anchor bolts screw the doorstop down onto the anchor bolt.