Perfect Object: Antique Cast Iron Two Pound Scale Weight sandwich box 6 7/8” x 9 1/2”

6 7/8” x 9 1/2” and in very good condition

perhaps a mythological one

and mended at some point years ago

The treatment of the dog I think is especially terrific

whether or not one ever attempts to take it apart and try to put it back together again

Perfect Object: Antique Cast Iron Two Pound Scale Weight sandwich box 6 7/8” x 9 1/2”One 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