Antique Cast Iron Two Part Row of Hands Mold diamond shaped Signed (incised) "Allie" on the

Signed (incised) "Allie" on the underside

And with what I presume is the envelop it was originally delivered in--larger than it

combined with a sort of eggplant velvet upper section

Though of course a great gift for an architect

pretty minor and smoothed over

Antique Cast Iron Two Part Row of Hands Mold diamond shaped Signed (incised) "Allie" on theI've come across just a handful of these over the years and will always snap them up, such an excellent looking and evocative object (two objects, actually). It is an antique two part cast iron mold, for making clear candy I believe. And of course it is the hands that make it great, including for the way the two halves can be be configured for display: two rows of five, fingers up, looks as if they're all doing a royal wave together, or fingers