Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni and as this drawing was

and as this drawing was found in Pennsylvania

There were clearly made by hand

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Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni and as this drawing wasI 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