Antique Cast Iron Tassel Shaped Gate Weight ship builders print 8 5/8" l x 2

8 5/8" l x 2 5/8" w x 7/8" thick and in sound condition

and the shell casing is bent where it meets the blade

just breaks my heart

with this ambiguous architectural structure at the center

and then this big hand holding his trumpet to his mouth with tassels like teardrops painted in this perfect blue hanging from it

Antique Cast Iron Tassel Shaped Gate Weight ship builders print 8 5/8" l x 2I really love this weight just as an object, looking a bit like a woman in a wide skirt, but it is also completely ready to use a weight to keep the garden gate closed, or certainly to weight all sorts of other things. Late 19th century I believe, it is marked with an MH and than what looks like a large I then K on reverse. 6 9 16" t x 2 5 8" w x 1 3 4" d and weighs about 2 pounds. Photos don't do justice to it's presence and patina; really a nice