Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base old hand-painted sign perched on the corner of

perched on the corner of the drafting table of an artist

and by whom he was given the name "Eight Bears

or perhaps howling at the moon

dating from the late 50s to the early 70s

Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base old hand-painted sign perched on the corner ofI 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!