Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base stacking lacquer box smiling "good morning

smiling "good morning

there may be a bit of roughening around the bottom edge of the dome but minor if so

and not at all once the cabinet is filled

and "Century of Progress Exhibition Chicago 1934" on his back

to be held with two hands horizontally to play

Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base stacking lacquer box smiling "good morningI think of this more as a door stop than a paperweight (which is how the dealer I purchased it from described it) weighing in at 3 1 2 pounds, it seems a bit of overkill for holding down a stack of papers, though this pup (a retriever, or a setter?) certainly looks fetching perched atop a pile. Late 19th century I would guess, it shows all of those years, with much of the dog's creamy brown paint worn away, along, it seems, with a piece of his jowl!