Help Identifying hardware

[Bamacruiser98]

Does anyone recognize this exact piece? It came from a big church that was built in the late 1800s and was demolished about two years ago. These were used to keep the pews from siding or flipping over so they would mount to the floor and the other side would mount to the pew. I’m trying to figure out info on who might have produced them and when. This church had stuff within the building’s materials from 1900 all the way up to the 1980s so it falls somewhere in there. It has good weight to it and it’s thicker than any modern junk they sell now. It’s 1.25” on the longer side and 1” on the shorter. Width is 1”. I’m thinking 50s-70s? I’m hoping someone remembers this exact piece but it’s a small detail few would notice. Each long pew would’ve had 6 to 8 of these on them. They made some flimsy ones that were similar in shape but didn’t have the slight detail of these. Thanks for any helpful info.

 

[The Cobbler]

it would be called an L bracket , but no help on how to locate them

 

[The Cobbler]

 

[wssix99]

That bracket is actually low duty. It is made out of stamped sheet metal vs. a solid thick piece. Heavy duty brackets are typically ugly but solid and covered up with something decorative.

If you search for the following terms, you will find items like what you have:
"Pew brackets"
"stamped decorative L bracket"

Someone will still have a die to make the bracket you have. It may be a challenge to find it, but it will still be for sale, somewhere.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Some years ago I found a similar L bracket in the hardware section of my local Ace Hardware.

 

[four.cycle]

You might want to explore the possibility of finding those at one of the "recycling" outfits that are popping up here and there, like Earthwise Recycling here locally.
They dismantle old buildings, break them down into their base components, sort and distribute the pieces to their four retail outlets, and resell them.

The Aberdeen store had a pegboard panel about 6 feet x 4 feet covered with brass escutcheon plates from old doors.
The Tacoma store had a glass jar full of old wingnuts, from which I purchased 13 in the hopes of finding a match for one missing on an old saw. It's amazing the amount of stuff they salvage out of these places.

There are outfits doing this all over the country, from what I understand. That may be an option.

 

[johnre]

You might want to explore the possibility of finding those at one of the "recycling" outfits that are popping up here and there, like Earthwise Recycling here locally.

I once managed to match a window sash lock for a 1939 house in such a place.

My match sample I brought with me was brass, so I carried a magnet with me. It took a couple hours of digging through boxes of such reclaimed material, most all covered with lead-based paint, most of it steel with brass plate.

But a few were solid brass. Once I found a visual match, I looked on the back, where there was no paint, and saw that they both had the same die number on the back - bingo!

 

[whateg01]

Are you wanting more of them? Or just wanting to know where they came from?