Antique Cast Iron Figural Shutter Dog shaded blocks ” an innovative weekly that

” an innovative weekly that was especially pioneering in its extensive use of photography

Pretty rare

painted fabulous bright colors (painted on both sides)

natives with shields

Antique Cast Iron Figural Shutter Dog shaded blocks ” an innovative weekly thatI didnt actually know what this was when I found it in Maine the other daybut of course I fall in love with things all the time whose original function is a mystery to me! Ive since learned, though, that it is a Shutter dog made to hold a shutter open (dog being an Old English term for fastener). This one, later 19th c. French I believe, functions like a hingethe top half can be locked in place at a 90 degree angle, which would be the shutter pinning