What is this part from?

74bowtie

74bowtie

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I am hoping someong may know what this is from, it looks to be a shift lever of some sort. It has "The Berner-Mayer Co. Cleveland , O " stamped on it. The shaft is brass the mount under the wooden handle is copper and the base is copper. Anyone have a clue?
 

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I agree it is some sort of a plunger pump,but who knows what from.It looks like the barest hint of a thread in the inside cap,like it would thread over a barrel,or tube.It could have been for oil,fuel,air,with that wooden handle it could have been to pump up kegs of beer or to prime up a cookstove.The wooden handle could be original or could have been added to make something pretty.Look on the sides of the old race cars and you will see the oil pressure pumps the riding mechanics had to keep pumped up.If you searched out that name you may find a picture of some antique with that handle on it.It is still a neat thing to hang up,I have dozens of things like that.With all the people that run through my place there is always somebody that spots some trinket and knows what it is.
 
It looks like the pluger for a primer pump, or an air pump.
my first thoughts also tom ................ steve
 
If you're lucky, it's a primer pump plunger that Jay Leno needs for a Duesenberg. :)

If your luck is like mine, it's a plunger for a basketball pump and belongs in a gym locker. :(
 
I agree as well, except the New York Times article was Dec. 18, 1897
Here is a drawing of their combined tap and pump from a 1896 patent.

Regards
Art
 

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An address I found from an 1897 directory of addresses in Brooklyn.

BERNER Mayer Co beerpumps 550 B'wick av & 43 Centre N. Y.
 
Thanks for the help everyone, I bought it some time ago to use on some project possible, just wondered what it was meant to do.
 
i bet you are the only in your neighbor hood to have one, esp in that shape. unfortunately i suffer from the same disease and every so often have to part with some of the treasures!
 
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