Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni which sold and promoted all

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

13 pp printed with drawings) plus wrap

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

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

Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight alvino bagni which sold and promoted allI 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