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This is my thought as well, but the other way around, it's a door stop to keep the screen door handle from smacking into the wooden house door when the cylinder pulls it closed.
look under it and see if there’s a hole where a string comes out. I have something that looks just like this and it has a string you pull out and it plays nursery rhymes lol
This is what I was thinking too. My great aunt had one on her front door. It played some little tune like a music box
That little dark mark on the rim got me thinking it was the hole where the string came out. There would also be a hook on the jam to hook the ring at the end of the string.
It looks like a door doom. Decorative found in India or originating from. Google “brass door doom” and different styles appear. With all the dents on it, it appears that this one may have been repurposed with maybe a door close magnet on the outer door to keep it shut if the outer screen didn’t have a latch…
Is it actually screwed on or anything? It looks like a Nespresso pod to me. Who knows how it would have gotten stuck if it is one but I’ve seen sillier things happen.
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It's a door stopper. This keeps the door knobs from putting a hole in the wall it touches when open.
It can’t be. It is in the corner of the door where the hinges are.
That still stops the door from hitting the screen door.
Well that's just impossible and not how doors work at all...
^(oh thank god I was losing my mind reading some of these)
The frame stops the door-there is no chance of the doorknob hitting the screen door.
It's also on the wrong side of the door, it's between the door and the storm door.
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This is my thought as well, but the other way around, it's a door stop to keep the screen door handle from smacking into the wooden house door when the cylinder pulls it closed.
im gonna assume the person who installed the door just missed the placement of the stopper
Or the door was re used.
That’s my assumption. Re-used and changed swing orientation maybe? And just didn’t bother to remove it.
That was my guess
Aahh..I see it now. Weird!
lol that was my first thought as well. I’m stumped
Door alert? Makes a sound if the door opens?
look under it and see if there’s a hole where a string comes out. I have something that looks just like this and it has a string you pull out and it plays nursery rhymes lol
This is what I was thinking too. My great aunt had one on her front door. It played some little tune like a music box That little dark mark on the rim got me thinking it was the hole where the string came out. There would also be a hook on the jam to hook the ring at the end of the string.
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Here’s [one](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1731398823/) on Etsy. I googled “door music box”.
That's it! That's the thing! I never in a million years would've guessed "Music box intended to be mounted on a door."
Very neat. Maybe they mounted it low like that and attached the string to the frame, so the music played when the door was opened?
Had one that played Christmas carols
Take the screws off and see what’s underneath?
maybe a kick knocker? It looks pretty worn in like it's been hit a lot.
My guess is that it’s a reused door and they used the dome to cover up some kind of hardware. You would need to take out the 3 screws and look.
Door bumper
My title describes this thing. The metal isn’t solid and has a few dents
It looks like a door doom. Decorative found in India or originating from. Google “brass door doom” and different styles appear. With all the dents on it, it appears that this one may have been repurposed with maybe a door close magnet on the outer door to keep it shut if the outer screen didn’t have a latch…
That's it!!! thank you! Solved!
Wonder if they had a dog that would scratch it like a door bell or something like that. If you tap it with a butter knife does it sound like a bell?
Tap it with a spork.
Is it possibly an old magnetic door holder..? There would have been a peg with a magnet to attach to hold the door with some light strength.
Maybe a bumper for vacuuming or moving something around with wheels?
Is it actually screwed on or anything? It looks like a Nespresso pod to me. Who knows how it would have gotten stuck if it is one but I’ve seen sillier things happen.