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veggieguy

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What is this? A doorknob?
« on: April 18, 2014, 04:41:24 pm »
Hi, got this interesting item as part of a box lot, but have no clue what it is.  It most closely resembles a doorknob, but ... is it really? The metal of the "knob" is not magnetic, but the threaded portion is.  I'm assuming the bend is not intentional.

Any ideas appreciated!

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Re: What is this? A doorknob?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2014, 05:20:09 pm »
Looks like a curtain tie back, should have been a pair & you're right the screw in part shouldn't be bent.  But you didn't give me a size or scale, but it resembles ones I have sold in the store.  GG

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Re: What is this? A doorknob?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2014, 05:41:28 pm »
Oops, I meant to include measurements:

* Round portion is about 3" in diameter
* Shaft is about 3.5" long and 3/16" diameter

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Re: What is this? A doorknob?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2014, 05:48:25 pm »
GG nailed it for you already

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Re: What is this? A doorknob?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2014, 06:23:20 pm »
I realized after I said tiebacks that they could be picture hangers.  Somewhere I have some really cool ones.  You screw the double ended screw into the wall & then screw on the decorative piece.  But with those dimensions it is definitely curtain tiebacks.  GG

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Re: What is this? A doorknob?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2014, 06:42:45 pm »
Think that's right !! Too thin for a doorknob !! Its probably brass !!

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Re: What is this? A doorknob?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2014, 10:12:58 pm »
My first guess was tieback and I also thought about how they had hung vintage pictures with the knobbed hangers!

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Re: What is this? A doorknob?
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2014, 11:23:37 pm »
Thanks, I would never have come up with curtain tie on my own.  Too bad I have only one of them. Maybe I'll think of a use for it some day.