Curtain rail brackets

cliffordpope

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I am trying to find a source for the following commonplace item:
A brass end-cap for securing the end of a 3/8 dowel curtain rod, fixed onto a triangular piece of metal which in a meccanno set would be called a trunion.
My six tiny cabin windows and portholes have minute curtains hanging on rings, but the fittings are old and damaged from clumsy removal in the past, so it would be nice to get new ones.
They used to be commonplace in proper ironmongers and Woolworths, but now no one has heard of them, whatever they are called. The best ones I have seen unscrewed, so there was no need to undo the two wood screws to take the curtains off.
Can anyone help please?
 
A model engineers supplies shop would furnish you with all you need to make your own, soft solder or silver solder to secure the tube to the back plate then polish up.
Some brass tube and a small sheet of brass plate.
They may even be able to put you in touch with someone to make them up for if you are unable to do it yourself.
Cheers and hope this helps.
 
No, not really. But thanks anyway.
I think I may have to make them. It's annoying - they used to be commonplace, and I found a few in my oddments box, but not enough, and of slightly different designs.
 
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