Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base old hand-painted sign but what I most love

but what I most love is the surface

But I'd also grab a few brushes and take the sailboat tin out to the beach and start painting

or perhaps howling at the moon

and by whom he was given the name "Eight Bears

The lid is well attached but not super tight on the nail

Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base old hand-painted sign but what I most loveI think of this more as a door stop than a paperweight (which is how the dealer I purchased it from described it) weighing in at 3 1 2 pounds, it seems a bit of overkill for holding down a stack of papers, though this pup (a retriever, or a setter?) certainly looks fetching perched atop a pile. Late 19th century I would guess, it shows all of those years, with much of the dog's creamy brown paint worn away, along, it seems, with a piece of his jowl!