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taters55
(Linda Kay) Del Rio, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 09, 2009
10:24 AM Post #7151047
| Do any of you know what this is? I have 8 of them, I found in a box I have had in the shed for more than 30 years! They look like they are made of brass, or something like that! They have one little flat side with a hole, like maybe it gets screwed to something? The 2 other little holes, like maybe something hangs from it?
If you don't know what it is, maybe some ideas, as what I can do with them?
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imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
October 09, 2009
12:46 PM Post #7151614
| Looks like maybe arms from a chandelier?
They'd make great hooks for wind chimes. |
taters55
(Linda Kay) Del Rio, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 09, 2009
12:50 PM Post #7151634
| Can't picture it in my head, how it would go on a chandelier. Guess I will have to go hunt one down to look at how they work?
Thanks!
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imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
October 09, 2009
01:25 PM Post #7151760
| LOL----I had to put 3 of them together a couple of years ago, and even with the drawings right in front of me I had trouble picturing it in my head!! But your pieces are similar to the ones I had to attach to the central framework. |
taters55
(Linda Kay) Del Rio, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 09, 2009
02:10 PM Post #7151922
| Thanks for the input! I may use it for a windchime.
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 11, 2009
09:13 PM Post #7159390
| Is it possible that they were tie-backs for drapes?
I like the wind chime idea myself. Would be neat to have mirrors or beads, even chandelier crystals hanging from those "fingers".
Janet |
imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
October 12, 2009
12:08 AM Post #7159968
| Janet, I was actually thinking of your "Sparkly Hour Chimes" when I made the suggestion! |
taters55
(Linda Kay) Del Rio, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 12, 2009
07:26 AM Post #7160471
| Janet, do you have a photo of your chimes? |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 12, 2009
07:35 AM Post #7160489
| Taters,
Here is a slide show that has a couple we made for a fellow DG member. http://uniquetreasures.phanfare.com/2147844_2310326#imageID=... Just double click on the photo and then hit play to get the slide show started.
Here is another show of a couple we made for me and my Mom. http://uniquetreasures.phanfare.com/2147844_2310325#imageID=...
Janet
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taters55
(Linda Kay) Del Rio, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 12, 2009
07:44 AM Post #7160501
| Those are beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Gives me some new ideas! |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 12, 2009
10:16 AM Post #7160879
| Glad you like them. Bells would be great too, hanging.
Even a rain chain. This is Connie's rain chain, going into her rain barrel.
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 12, 2009
10:16 AM Post #7160884
| Plant Hangers??? How big are the actual pieces you have? |
taters55
(Linda Kay) Del Rio, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 12, 2009
10:21 AM Post #7160899
| They are 7 inches long!
I think they are made of brass, but not for sure? |
ifantail
Englewood, FL
October 12, 2009
11:57 AM Post #7161256
| Could they be hat & coat hangers? |
lizzymahoney
Daytona Beach, FL
October 14, 2009
01:29 PM Post #7168478
| Could be part of a chandelier as mentioned, or a plant stand.
The little flat area on the "hook" to the left is meant to be fastened to something else relatively flat. This could be a central disk on a chandelier, or a small round table top for a plant stand.
I don't see the hole on the top "hook" if there is one, but see a broken loop on the lower "hook" that could have held an eye pin for a crystal dangle on a chandelier or plant stand.
Picture all eight of these fastened perpendicularly around a dessert plate: all the big loops up and facing inward, and the smaller loops down and out. With crystals dangling, you could see this as part of a larger fixture. There were almost certainly other parts to this.
The whitish metal area on the lower right "hook" doesn't look right for brass, but could be pot metal, a variable mix of metals used in casting.
If there is only one screw hole to the left flat hook, it was definitely not meant to be used with something that would be manipulated a lot, otherwise the coat/hat hook was a good idea. Something like that would most likely need two anchor positions to keep it upright. A plant stand or chandelier is not generally banged about all that much once put together and the hooks would stay in one position.
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