Yarbro, you are testing my "control"! I'm crying down my leg

Don't get mad at me. No nursing...cursing

Oh No, I'm being very good.

Perhaps the OP, Hamina, has figured this out and gone now? FWIW, I think you should leave them as is but if you do "wall surgery" as you said, that you will solve the mystery and let us know!!! THANK YOU!

I'm sitting up in bed and trying not to laugh, because my husband is right next to me, and I am trying to stifle my laughter, but woke up hubby anyway ;0(! LOLOLOLOLOl

I loved this conversation! They are probably flue covers, or to cover wiring junctions (though why it should be something so mammary I can't imagine...) Our old home (300 years old in the newer portions) had these too, but they were the size of dinner plates and were attached to thick steel rods that went through and through parallel to the rafters under the wood flooring. They were put in cold but left unattached at one end. the the middle part was heated till red hot, and the loose end was tightened. The rod shrank as it cooled and pulled bulging walls in again. Often seen in Cheshire, where salt mining has caused subsidence. Also used for old rubble core walls to hold them together. For this it was pretty effective. However a sixties house isn't likely to have rubble core walls! So probably junction plates you can unscrew.
Thanks for the laugh, I am going to show it to my husband when he gets home from work!

This is a 60's house, which makes them all the more crazy at trying to figure out what there purpose was then. Whatever is behind them, the person who capped them with those cups was looking for a quick easy fix, likely did not want to hire someone to plaster over the holes......a bit of a boob job for sure! Little did he/she know what fun this would make on an internet advice thread in 2014. LOL

Being born in Charleston, SC and having lived here all of my life, I instantly assumed this is an earthquake rod. Attached is an article regarding the history of Charleston earthquake rods and decorative covers. Internet search of "earthquake rods" produce several pictures of different styles.

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.607997245598272092&pid=15.1&w=252&h=126&p=0

Earthquake rods

Earthquake rods are long pieces of iron several inches in diameter that are inserted through the walls of buildings to reinforce them. These rods are screwed into turnbuckles or toggles and are secured at the outside ends with large washers and nuts. Repairmen ran these rods through the walls of hundreds of buildings injured by the great Charleston earthquake of 1886 to guard them from further injury. Many of the buildings fitted with this hardware after the earthquake are located in the Charleston region, although buildings as far away as Savannah, Georgia, display them as well.


Often called "earthquake bolts," these iron reinforcement rods commonly were incorporated into buildings in Charleston and elsewhere before the great earthquake. Their initial purpose, however, usually was to safeguard against gales and hurricanes rather than to protect from the rending and wrenching of earthquakes.

Owners who objected to seeing unadorned rod ends on the exteriors of their buildings covered them with stucco or capped them with cast-iron decorations depicting such objects as stars, concentric circles, long rectangular bars, lion heads, butterflies, diamonds, and crosses. While the rod portions of earthquake rods are seldom visible, in some buildings no effort has been made to conceal them, such as in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Summerville.

Tourists often are fascinated with earthquake rod caps, and they have become a standard decorative element in much of Charleston's architecture. Tour guides point them out, and some hotels and bed and breakfasts that have them advertise the fact in their promotional literature. Some modern buildings, such as the Omni Hotel at Charleston Place, even feature faux earthquake rod caps on their exterior walls.


-- Excerpted from the entry by Kenneth E. Peters. To read more about this or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina, check out The South Carolina Encyclopedia by USC Press. (Information used by permission.)

Have an electrician come out and peek behind there, they are probably just "decorative" covers for an electrical drop where someone didn't want a light, but you can't drywall over a drop. You have to have access. Good luck

It looks like that wall isn't thick enough to hide any sort of stove pipe at least from what I can see from here .

What a titillating thread.

Maybe the explanation is as simple as, the previous owner's favorite restaurant was Hooters. Gotta go! Tatas for now! ;)

Hamima, one final thought. You haven't updated us on what you found. I'm assuming its because you don't have a ladder. You can always stand on some "big fat jugs" but don't do it alone. You'll need "support"

If these shapes are on the top floor, I wonder what might be in the basement...

Yarbro, don't you think those " things " look good for their age. Surprised you don't know what they are - you have certainly done a thorough examination , Lol.

Pull and push on them to find out

Yes Grobby, I admit I don't know what they are. What I can tell you though is, whatever they are, they are definatly feeling chilly

lol...

Maybe they're some type of organic thermostat. We'll know if they're less perky in the summer.

Margo.... see what you started. I know, just can't help yourself :)

Oh, Curt. Don't be such a boob.

Well, this thread had been uplifting.

I just laugh so hard. Funny as hell.

Dont pry bra...bar them off. Probably "twist" off

Ouch !!!!!!

ouch either why. What part ya twisting ?

Needs a paint job. I'm thinking some pink, red, and skin tone. I like that tassle idea

Be careful ! Might be a booby trap !

And whomever it was that said D cup also has delusions about 6"...D cup is more than a champagne glass. "Perky" aren't they?

In the living room, in line with each other, one lower approx. 5 ft and other to ceiling...gotta be for the old stove unless it was to push for tea service.

LB- I didn't start this, lol, Yarbro did! Well, I should say he beat me to it ;))

Ordinarily, I would suggest contacting the previous homeowner to see if she remembers what this is, but it wouldn't do any good because she obviously lost her mammary.

Ohhhh jean, rolling my eyes 8(!! LOLOLOLOL

Margo, I think Yarbro teat you to it.

maybe you're just going to have to emBRAce this decorating trend...

Or is it a decolletage trend?

If you're into more "bling".... this, from etsy...

jean, now SMH 8(! LOLOLOLOLOL

Hello Tokyo!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tuning%20in%20Tokyo

Well, I'm done here, perhaps udders...others will give better suggestions

C'mon, Yarbro. You can't nip it in the bud, now.

Okay folks...I think we've exhausted this one. Thanks for the historical info. And while I enjoy a good joke as much as the next guy, I think we've gone a bit off topic. Thanks again for the help.

I have a question :) When you purchased this house did you ask anyone about them then ? Perhaps If you contact the Real Estate Agent who sold you this house he/she could be the one who would know about these things .

Or you could check the building department and see what they have on file for your home. :)
Many cities and counties have a building inspector 'on call' in the building dept that will answer questions too. For free.

Hey margo ;0), how is it going by you?

O dear now I'm crying down my leg.... I haven't laughed so much for ages.

hamima....ask some neighbors to see if they have them as well. Are other homes built with the same footprint as yours? Maybe a longtime neighbor has been in that house & has info from PO's.

Oh Fred!!! How doooo you know these things? OMG! ROFL!

You Americans crack me up.

there ya go, Chook! She said we've "gone a little off topic"..see what happens here?