✅ SOLVED What is this brass thing?

[Bharpring]

 

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[Dug]

Appears to be a reins guide for a wagon or coach.

 

[Bharpring]

Really? Is there more to the contraption?

 

[Dug]

Really? Is there more to the contraption?

Sir the private don't know. All the ones I have dug are similar to yours. I understand the earlier ones just screwed down into the wood frame like a wood screw. Not sure if this was threaded into a metal frame or had a matching brass nut on the other side. I'm sure someone will come along who is experienced with how it was attached.

 

[Bharpring]

Ok. Thanks. Fascinating.

 

[Bruce R]

Looks like it was a target for your shovel, you got it dead center !

 

[Spats]

Looks like it was a target for your shovel, you got it dead center !

Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone.

 

[smokeythecat]

No stone throwing here. Your piece would have gone through part of the carriage and had a bolt on the bottom to hold it.

 

[Bharpring]

yep, it got knicked by a rock as i was looking for it. Is it worth anything?

 

[Icewing]

yep, it got knicked by a rock as i was looking for it. Is it worth anything?

What do you want for it?

 

[taz42o]

Really? Is there more to the contraption?

rien guide or terret. would have a type of nut on it and would be on the collar or neck strap ,depending on the setup used and also the saddle. Not a riding saddle but a girth saddle.

 

[Bruce R]

Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone.

I feel so lapidated lately !