This thing is the size of a quarter...was from a park that was a tent city in san fran after the big earthquake....
There is an upside down 4 in one of those holes and a really fancy monogram in triangle...
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A lead weight used to hold down either the hem of a dress or draperies back in the day . I've found a few in different sizes but never one that big or engraved with symbols or numbers like that one .That's a pretty classy one .
(08-09-2013 01:54 AM)George in SSF Wrote: [ -> ]A lead weight used to hold down either the hem of a dress or draperies back in the day . I've found a few in different sizes but never one that big or engraved with symbols or numbers like that one .That's a pretty classy one .
George is correct
Coincidentally, I dug one of those just this past weekend...the first one in many years. Mine had a '4' too, but, no triangle. Still, as George said, used in tapered garments.
Joe
Sweet thanks so much for the Id.
Never would have guessed.
They were also used to keep shower curtains from blowing out or sucking in on you. Hay I use to use them for that many years ago. Frank...