Not a detect find but you guys may have come across one. any ideas? Only thing I can think of is a door stop but its not that heavy It has no fixing holes to fix to anything. The hand bit unscrews from the base but I don't think its significant just the way its made
First guess would be a curtain tie-back hook but I'd have to do a bit of research.
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Could it be half a door knob. I had brass door knobs with a metal bar that went through the hole. One knob with attached bar was poked through hole and screwed into the knob on the other side.
Heck, all this talk about screws, knobs and holes, I'm feeling quite light headed.
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1) does the hand spin or is it stuck in place 2) the baton/pole in the hand, is that how it was originally or does it look like something's broken off?
Could it be half a door knob. I had brass door knobs with a metal bar that went through the hole. One knob with attached bar was poked through hole and screwed into the knob on the other side.
Heck, all this talk about screws, knobs and holes, I'm feeling quite light headed.
Sit down and take a glass of water Granny.Dont think it would be part of a door knob as its got no fixing points.
The hand bit is screwed tight and none of it moves. Possibly just a boring paper weight . Not even sure what it is the hand is gripping--just looks like a straight bar. Not broken off. Base and hand look different materials cast iron and brass. Pattern on base is oak leaves and acorns
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Could be the ornate piece that was attached to the top of the paperweight.
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It could well be a hybrid item, the metals look quite different on the two parts.
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I think your spot on DD, brass and cast and I think our granny maybe right also the brass could well be part of a door handle, such clever people here on Wiki, cry your eyes out Sherlock
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i am sure that i have seen a handle like this to open and close a ventilator on trains. It seems to have been a popular design of handle used all over the place. Mind you i am not always right but i am never wrong
Coincidentally I came across a statue of Sir Rowland Hill the other day with this ...
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I think it's for holding jewelry. I had a similar one with same design which had one of the fingers sticking up, which was for putting rings on. It could of been cast at Stone Manganese marine.
saw another on on the antique roadshow on sunday. It was a screw or bolt holding the works 2gether in the back of a carriageclock. The clock was £3,000 so when the clock was made this hand/le design must have been popular for all sorts of uses, cheers
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