Antique Cast Iron Figural Shutter Dog vintage pencil sketch sight: 3 7/8" x 2

sight: 3 7/8" x 2 3/4"

just enough different to make it tough to decide which side is better

signed on reverse

I believe he dates to the 1930s or so

The handle measures approximately 1" in diameter

Antique Cast Iron Figural Shutter Dog vintage pencil sketch sight: 3 7/8" x 2I 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