Antique Cast Iron Tassel Shaped Gate Weight ship builders print and then this big hand

and then this big hand holding his trumpet to his mouth with tassels like teardrops painted in this perfect blue hanging from it

which I also think is pretty genius: of course one wants to see inside a piggy bank to watch one's nickels and dimes accumulating

especially noted for the high quality of its transfer printing

with this ambiguous architectural structure at the center

just breaks my heart

Antique Cast Iron Tassel Shaped Gate Weight ship builders print and then this big handI 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