ID Brass thing in the floor

[Mike Lamb]

100+ yr old multi unit. This was in the middle of the dining room floor.  ??

[Bill Kibbel]

This apartment building was probably a larger single family home with servants.  That's the plate for a "butler button", which are very common in dining rooms of wealthier family homes.  Sometimes they're in the floor in the library or parlour too - so you don't have get up to push the button on the wall.

[Mike Lamb]

Thanks, Bill. Got to get me one.

[Bill Kibbel]

9 hours ago, Mike Lamb said:

Thanks, Bill. Got to get me one.

I got me one, but it doesn't work. Defective - no butler has ever appeared.

[Jerry Simon]

On 4/14/2022 at 6:06 PM, Bill Kibbel said:

I got me one, but it doesn't work. Defective - no butler has ever appeared.

Gold Coast blues. . .

[Jim Baird]

If you scan it with your phone you can download the app that will bring one or more butlers scurrying to serve you, by subscription only.  Deductible as meals and entertainment expense!

I signed up last week.