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Please help us identify this curious item?
« on: October 25, 2013, 06:42:28 am »
We found this elegant looking item in the barn. It has a hole in the base like it was attached to something. We're not sure what it is so I was hoping the antique folks here could help us identify it.

Thanks :)


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Re: Please help us identify this curious item?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 07:51:41 pm »
Once again, the dimensions would help...but it might be the "Cast Iron Finial" for a parlor stove?
There were any number of different designs used.




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Re: Please help us identify this curious item?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 07:57:03 pm »
See if the hole is threaded !!  I think Rauville is correct !! I have seen many different versions of these for parlor stoves !!

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Re: Please help us identify this curious item?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2013, 01:17:25 am »
Ditto!!!
I'm from the South - but please don't mistake my Southern Manners/Accent/Charm as a weakness!

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Re: Please help us identify this curious item?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2013, 06:48:45 am »
Rauville, thanks for the info. Next time I'll remember the measurements.

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Re: Please help us identify this curious item?
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2013, 08:20:17 am »
Now I was thinking that most all early manufactured items containing parts made of cast iron were assembled together via use of a slotted-head bolt, a square nut and a washer.

AKA: the stovebolt 

Many to most cast iron stoves were shipped to customers un-assembled and thus only a screwdriver and/or an adjustable wrench was needed for assembly.

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Re: Please help us identify this curious item?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2013, 08:58:16 am »
See if the hole is threaded !!  I think Rauville is correct !! I have seen many different versions of these for parlor stoves !!

There's no thread. There's just a hole in the bottom and it looks like it was busted off something.

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Re: Please help us identify this curious item?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2013, 09:09:35 am »
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