Perfect Object: Antique Cast Iron Two Pound Scale Weight primitive old stool 1830 British playing cards

1830 British playing cards

and is in excellent condition--it is really a pretty one

grew and grew until it didn't

care and attention to fine detail

and it reminded me of how infrequently I find modern sculpture of a substantial scale that I really like when I am out hunting for things

Perfect Object: Antique Cast Iron Two Pound Scale Weight primitive old stool 1830 British playing cardsOne certainly comes across old scale weights, but I must say I don't think one has ever struck me as this one does to my eye just a perfect object, with just the right sort of "2" which somehow makes me think of carnivals and circuses and so too targets and strongmen and high striker games, etc. Cast iron, 19th c. I believe, with the rings stepped back toward the center. Perfect as a large and heavy paperweight now or a handy 2 lb. hand weight! 3 5 16