A questioner said:
Can someone tell me what this is? It has been on our front porch since we bought it. My husband and I are stumped and Google has been no help so far. It’s has CS88 stamped on it. House was built in 1890s…UPDATE: It weighs 16lbs. Sorry no banana for scale, so it’s on the bathroom scale.
Credit: Becky Robertson (questioner)
Some of the people opinions on it:
- Old fashion fire pit
- I think it is a boot scraper although now they have a single blade. ??? Just a thought.
- It can also be a weight for reins from horses or a weight used with a dray wagon
- I think it’s supposed to go in a fireplace
- Scrape mud off your riding boots but I dont think it was ever completed
- It’s a weight.
- Combination boot scraper and horse hitching post!!
- I think it’s a insert for a fireplace chimney lol idk
- That’s a heavy duty component. Might work as a moveable chock for a cable bridge, or anchor chain guide. Stamp gives a clue. Carnegie Steel? Though it’s cast iron . . . fascinating. I’ll be looking around for the solution
- Boot scraper.
- Looks like a type of form to shape a tube, more industrial than domestic
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I’d say it’s more of a Blacksmith tool.Not enough ridges for a boot scrapper.
- It does look like it holds up or supports a pipe of some sort. Maybe a water pipe?
- Something a smithy used to bend iron
- Weren’t boot scrapers more of a blade? And what’s the purpose of the empty space in the middle?
- kind of high to scrape your boots-i’d have trouble with that
- My guess would be a horse tie down
- To make paper fire logs in ?
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Wonder if CS stands for Confederate States ???Agreeing with the industrial idea, for shaping something.
- I’d say to a scrape dirt & mud off boots & shoes . Probably sat out on porch or varies places to not track in the house.
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