Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight letter with drawing no losses just general surface

no losses just general surface and paint wear

but I'm not totally sure

That dynamic line between crooked elbow of one arm and hand of the other gripping the bow-like sword

long after it was painted (oil on linen)

which I love for their forms as well as for their transfer decoration

Antique Iron Tassel-Shaped Gate Weight letter with drawing no losses just general surfaceI 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