Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni A nice companion to either

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

which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home

slightly moody watercolor landscape

in good part for her wonderful hand-painted face

Probably done on a page in an autograph book or small sketchbook

Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni A nice companion to eitherI 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