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

with creamy white painted tin faces inlaid over ebony wood

especially noted for the high quality of its transfer printing

just breaks my heart

Whatever the story

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