Hello! Just joined the forum and thought I'd jump right in!
I found this heavy brass(?), bronze(?) object in the yard of my girlfriends mother. Her house used to be a riding stable. It was built in the very early 1900s. This thing clearly has some age, and obviously some specific use. It looks to be off of some sort of mechanism, my guess is that it rotated on the fat pins sticking out either side. Possibly the barbs around the rounded part clicked into some sort of stops, like a winch does?
Anyway, it's been driving me nuts trying to figure out what it could be. I'd love to be able to tell the owner what it is! Thanks!
I found this heavy brass(?), bronze(?) object in the yard of my girlfriends mother. Her house used to be a riding stable. It was built in the very early 1900s. This thing clearly has some age, and obviously some specific use. It looks to be off of some sort of mechanism, my guess is that it rotated on the fat pins sticking out either side. Possibly the barbs around the rounded part clicked into some sort of stops, like a winch does?
Anyway, it's been driving me nuts trying to figure out what it could be. I'd love to be able to tell the owner what it is! Thanks!
