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    Posted 5 years ago

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    vintagelamp
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    Found these at an antique shop. Now I have to figure out how to attach them to my house.

    From the internet:
    Old cast iron stars, used in the construction of old buildings to keep the walls stable. Metal rods would run through a building, and the stars would anchor them from outside.

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    Comments

    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 5 years ago
      These were especially used after quakes that cracked walls.
    2. vintagelamp vintagelamp, 5 years ago
      blunder,
      Thank you! I rarely see these big stars.

    3. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 5 years ago
      I would use two hampropes and hang it from the sealing and hang small glassjars from it with candles and use it as a beautiful lamp. That way I would do no harm to them and you can put them up later when you have figured out how :) or leave it like it is, a nice indoors feature....
    4. vintagelamp vintagelamp, 5 years ago
      Elisabethan,
      Great idea! I am moving into and old farmhouse and want to see if they can actually be placed into the stone wall. Will try to update.
    5. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 3 years ago
      These are cool -- I've been hoping to run across something like them sometime, just for my rust garden?! As far as putting them on a house, I'd imagine the 'shaft' part is threaded to take the rod it was intended for...all you'd need to do is drill a hole big enough for that all the way thru your outside wall and put a big bolt on the inside -- no problem, easy peasy...??? <lolol>
    6. hotairfan hotairfan, 3 years ago
      Pennsylvania has a lot of these stars on their buildings. Interestingly, they differ in style and shapes from county to county. They are very collectable around here. You have a very nice star and it will look fine wherever you decide to display it.
    7. vintagelamp vintagelamp, 3 years ago
      AnythingObscure,
      Right now they are decorating my basement floor. They will look nice on the stone foundation of the old farmhouse that I just moved into recently.
      TY!

      hotairfan,
      Hope to install it on the stone foundation of the PA farmhouse I just moved into. When it is completed I will add photos. TY!

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