What is it

[Old560]

What is this thing

 

[Janicholson]

Flag hanger, or banner bracket, Used 90 degrees CCW and mounted on the stake. Jim

 

[OldFarmTractor]

Sort of a curtain rod thing. It would be supported by the round pieces via a bracket. Instead of pulling the curtains to the side, you would swing them open to let in the light.
Rod Picture

 

[SweetFeet]

Maybe for hanging your business sign from... back in the days of yesteryear???

 

[Gchase24]

Ornamental iron over a double gate for a chain link fence.one for each gate.

 

[sms]

You want it, you know you do. lol

 

[SweetFeet]

It is pretty cool.

 

[flying H]

long shot here. Might be a wall hanger for an oil lamp. I think the piece that held it to the wall is gone. It would swing out of the way when not in use, and swing out and hang lamp on it over a chair or what ever to read by.

 

[RedMF40]

(quoted from post at 18:07:41 07/

It's a small half-curtain rod. It's upside down--the 90 degree at the end fits into a bracket. You'd see them in old houses with ornate treatments between rooms-/those pulled-back curtains that really didn't do anything but add some frill to the room's opening. Only reason i know is my old house had them--curtains were called "portières." Someone much older than me told me this.

 

[kcm.MN]

Wife says you're ALL wrong. Says it's a tailgate! *lol*