antique 1800's pulley of some sort

[pvsdetailing]

I bought this what looks like to me a pulley(maybe a barn pulley) .50 or so.Definitely late 1800's The pics. arent the greatest so Becky figured, since you guys know about farming and maybe some equiptment too.



Description: Its heavy cast(approxamitly 5 Lbs.), the middle  almost looks like a spiqet outside water handle.it is connected to the inside of the pulley.The part you cant see very good is the very top were it must have hooked to maybe a hook that went maybe over a piece of wood up high in maybe a barn, Its got a bolt attached to the top pointing outward 1 3/8" long , a very thin round metal washer 1 1/4" across,a second smaller but thicker washer 1" across & another 1" washer attahed to a square looks to be 5/8 square nut. All connnected to a horshoe shaped 6 3/8" long on both sides,which is 4 1/2" at it widest point And 3 3/4" at its norrowist point wide.(The very top of this horse shoe shaped hanger is a bit wider top to bottom just a small almost recangular shaped, its actually 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/2" from top to bottom.)The backside of that piece has 2 indentations were my index finger lays in each side almost at a slight angle.Also on the backside has stamped into the cast C 15( the horshoe part). From the bolt down to the top of the wheel is 1 1/2" It meets there.A front view Between the top part of the horse shoe is 2 pieces of cast 1 1/2 " long were it meets asemi flat cast, with a gap open enough to slide my tape measure(tape) in.



on the reverse side were the C 15 is same length only difference is(the same semi flat cast) at 1" it curves downward 1/2" to almost a point on both pieces of cast.

there is then a gap 1/4" between the 2 pieces of cast and the wheel,looks like somehing flat maybe 3" wide x 1/4" or less went between, maybe like a flat rope ?

all that attaching to a 4" long x 7/8" round cast like dowel were the wheel turns.



On one side of the inside of the wheel are 2 more stamped One says C 20 the other is the Patent#

Pat.6.28:87

The wheel it self is 6 1/4" across x 3" wide.

I think that about explains it to the T.If pics are needed which they probably will be just let me know 

[Michelle Staley]

It does look like a pulley but it also appears as if the wheel is flat, not designed to keep the rope or wire from slipping off of it.

Anyone have any other ideas??

[pvsdetailing]

I was even thinking some kind of flat rope type of material,like a strap of some sort.