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   _mj_ | Apr 07, 2022 08:26pm | #1

   Looks like a lock/latch. Grip the handle, pull the knob to unlatch a door or somesetch. Curved bit lets you push it closed again like a modern lockset.

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   bilyo | Apr 07, 2022 10:55pm | #2

   It looks to me like the removable handle to an old clothing iron. They were nothing more than a chunk of cast iron that sat on a stove to get hot. Then the handle was attached to pick it up and use it while a second was placed on the stove to get hot. Notches were cast into the top of the iron to attach the handle to.
   https://www.pinterest.com/pin/vintage-iron-primitive-antique-clothing-iron-vintage--855683997932537234/

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   jdturneriii | Apr 08, 2022 09:10am | #3

   Winner. Thanks! Had us stumped.

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   _mj_ | Apr 08, 2022 11:56am | #4

   THAT's pretty definitive.