Some Sort Of Hanging Pulley/sheave From An Old Barn

This should give a sense of scale.
There are no marks, but a cast number and a small #2 near the hook end. It is a nice piece, well made. One would think that a maker or foundry mark would be on it.
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the only other thing that comes to mind is a dumbwaiter pulley
 
brino said:
reminds me of something for hanging a carcass in a slaughterhouse.....except for it being bronze.....hmmmm
-brino
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That was going to be my guess too. The shape would lend itself to being pulled along a line and a quick google of 'cattle processing hook' shows a lot of similar albeit modern examples. What bugged me about the idea was it doesn't look as though it would run along a solid bar, but rather something flexible like rope instead which I can't imagine being the first choice of a slaughterhouse.
 
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