Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni who would then turn these

who would then turn these in at the end of the period designated on the labels

A nice companion to either or both of the folk art still banks I'm listing today

There were clearly made by hand

and as this drawing was found in Pennsylvania

Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni who would then turn theseI think old cast iron gate weights are excellent objects and a fun thing to collect, with a lot of variety to tassel shaped ones of this sort; I believe this one probably 3rd quarter 19th century. A weight like this would have been hung from from a chain, most commonly on a garden gate, functioning as a counterweight to make the gate close on its own. The transformation of the form of a silk curtain tassel into a solid iron one makes it feel like