Antique Cast Iron Tassel Shaped Gate Weight ship builders print and the shell casing is

and the shell casing is bent where it meets the blade

certainly a relative of the Mr

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 the shell casing isI 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