Anyone know what this is?

Geez · Jul 13, 2009

I'm beginning to think my property is covering up an old landfill. :lol:

My Vaquero picked this up at about 14". It was facing up and I had pinpointed the center of it. As I widened the hole I thought at first it was a hubcap.
I'm thinking maybe the door or side panel to an old woodburner or something. It is about 10 by 16 inches. Cast ferrous metal about 1/8" thick. The number 22 is cast into the back.

agbkyle · Jul 13, 2009

Neat find...big..but neat.
Maybe from an old cast iron oven.

mello1 · Jul 13, 2009

looks kind of like a door to a old fire place, cool find there

East TX Joe · Jul 13, 2009

Looks like a "Hole lotta digging to me." :lol:

Not sure what it could be.......maybe a decorative column plate like those on brick gate entryways??? :?:

Interesting find though! Thanks for sharing.
joe

SeabeeRon · Jul 13, 2009

mello1 said:
looks kind of like a door to a old fire place, cool find there

Yeah, or Pot Belly stove.

AHSARoger · Jul 13, 2009

Looks like the back plate for a Victorian era fireplace

Burien · Jul 14, 2009

Yeah oven door.

Howey01 · Jul 14, 2009

It sur does look like a door off of an old stove either cooking or wood burning. Howard

James Huffman · Jul 15, 2009

At first glance I thought it to be a part of a ceiling fasade?????

13rannon · Jul 15, 2009

I don't think that ceiling is made of iron.

duse · Jul 15, 2009

Pretty. Ever see how people use things like this for garden decor or elsewhere decor?

Geez · Jul 15, 2009

I've been googling antique stove pics so much my eyes are twitching. :lol:

I agree with a couple of you guys in that it sure looks like a warming oven door on a cookstove or a side panel on a box stove. Maybe I'll have to excavate the rest of the yard for more parts. :shock:

I've seen some of those ceiling tiles befor but those are generally stamped metal, not cast, nor near that heavy. I can just imagine one like mine falling off the ceiling. :shock:

And as for decorations, SWMBO has already suggested a couple things she'd like to do with it but I really don't want my yard looking like something from a Road Warrior movie so I'd rather not open that door. :roll:

Thanks to everyone for your input.

Wildcat1750 (nyjrbethelct) · Jul 16, 2009

Nice Victorian looking find!

James Huffman · Jul 16, 2009

13rannon said:
I don't think that ceiling is made of iron.

That is why I said at first glance.

CountyWorker · Jul 18, 2009

Does it have hinges?

AHSARoger · Jul 18, 2009

It's very possibly a part of the facade of an old building ... here's a couple links for decorative metal work from the Victorian era.

http://www.architecturaliron.com/gallery/building_page_03.htm
http://www.urbanremainschicago.com/item.aspx?itemID=2096

Geez · Jul 19, 2009

CountyWorker said:
Does it have hinges?

Not hinges per se, but something...well here's a pic..

Geez · Jul 19, 2009

AHSARoger said:
It's very possibly a part of the facade of an old building ... here's a couple links for decorative metal work from the Victorian era.

http://www.architecturaliron.com/gallery/building_page_03.htm
http://www.urbanremainschicago.com/item.aspx?itemID=2096

Interesting possibility, but I live on an old farm site, a long ways away from town. I just can't see someone transporting it from town just to end up tossing it into what appears to be a small dumping spot and burying it.
Probably just a part from an old burned out woodstove.

CountyWorker · Jul 19, 2009

If it's a door, then there should be a handle or a spot where it looks like a handle may have broken or rusted off.

Geez · Jul 19, 2009

CountyWorker said:
If it's a door, then there should be a handle or a spot where it looks like a handle may have broken or rusted off.

That's why I'm thinking side panel on a box stove maybe. Or the latch could have been on the missing chunk of the end?

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