A 18TH Century Tommy hook for hanging domestic appliances.....body hand wrought i'd guess @ 1700-1800 ad......spike an hook is where we have problems......this piece is a 18th to 19th cent. marrage ....to say otherwise is deception and insulting someone's intelligence......shaft probably C.1825-40.......weld appears to be ARC......so im placing the union @ post WW2.....From period iron......such is the unfortune......priced accordingly. thanks for consideration.