Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni slightly moody watercolor landscape

slightly moody watercolor landscape

Another from my trip to my favorite antiquarian bookseller in Maine this week

or an Oscar

and as this drawing was found in Pennsylvania

Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni slightly moody watercolor landscapeI 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