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relics4plus

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A buddy of mine found this near Williamsport,MD several years ago and asked me to help findout what it is. Has me stomped.
Thanks,
Jay
 
I believe it is a cork inserter for wine bottles or plugs for kegs.
 
I think it is part of a valve.
The opening allows flow and turning it a quarter of a turn shuts off the flow. Does the opening go all the way through?
Looks like an old one too. Nice find!!

Felix
 
Felix: I agree with you now that I see there is no central shaft running down middle of tube.

Dave
 
Opening in the shaft part is rectangle and there are no threads. Any idea what kind of valve?? Thanks for your input.
Jay
 
Nice relic. 19th century.

Richard
 
I believe relicdigger got the namd right. I saw an ad for one and old sears catalouge the other day.
I think it was called a keg faucet.

Felix
 
I got this out of a 1902 replica Sears catalogue.
I saw one that matched yours better in another catalogue, but could not get a photo of it.
The one pictured is wooded, but the other one was metal and very similar to what you have and it was called a "key faucet".
That catalogue was an 1897 replica I was looking at in a local bookstore.
These types of catalogues might be very helpful at IDing some of the things we find and don't have a clue as to what they are.
Although I am surprised at the amount of help that is given on these forums to help ID items... Great bunch of guys out there!!!
Hope this helps some,
Felix
 
Now that's some research, Felix! Nice going.

Richard
 
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