Found in garage rafters; left by past tenants. Clearly missing two legs and something that lays on top of it. 5'x2', legs are 3' tall.
u/sweetpfleming — 13 hours ago
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What is this metal, illuminated “flexograph” I discovered in an antiques shop in New York in 2018?
u/Mf0621 — 9 hours ago
X shaped, visibly broken, piece of wood, with furniture stoppers & two holes in the center
this is moreso out of curiosity, I found this piece of wood on the side of the (suburbia) road in a patch of grass. I’m an artist so i immediately wanted to collect it because the shape intrigued me… but then i noticed the furniture stoppers? It doesn’t make sense for the stoppers to be placed where they are, parallel of eachother on either side of the “spikes.” the holes in the middle make me believe this could’ve been hung, but the furniture stoppers are preventing me from believing that. literally what could this have been used for??
u/Odd-Try1039 — 10 hours ago
What is this small post that is screwed into the top of an interior door frame.
Was touring a home in USA that was built in 2020. Some of the bedroom doors had this installed to the top of the door frames.
We think it’s some sort of stopper but it’s screwed into the part of the frame that already stops the door.
Thanks in advance!
u/roscat_ — 16 hours ago
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Small ~16 inch fabric strap with metal o-rings on each end
u/Darkkatana — 10 hours ago
Rusty Wrought Iron - Y shaped metal piece of something - Possibly Ancient Iron Age to 1800's - Ireland. 6cm x 5cm
Found in some delivered topsoil in the 1980's so no more info on where its from other than in East Ireland.
It feels ancient. Its iron, with layers of rust - not modern cast iron or steel.
It looks to me like wrought Iron as It has that stringy layers look I've seen on those ancient rusty boat anchors.
So age is somewhere from over a hundred - could be as far back as iron age BC - no idea -
No screws, pins or welds visible - its handmade - not perfectly circular - goes to points but this could be due to age.
u/OzmoOzmo — 10 hours ago
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