Beautiful Form: Antique Cast Iron Dome with Old Paint Traces long wooden box It won’t quite stand on

It won’t quite stand on its own but will stand if leaner

pointing to a stash of pennies to use for the parking meters just outside

it seems possible that they were chess pieces—if so

which one barely notices

Black roof: 4 3/8" wide and deep

Beautiful Form: Antique Cast Iron Dome with Old Paint Traces long wooden box It won’t quite stand onI presume this antique cast iron half sphere was made to hang straight down via its four perimeter holes. With traces of orange gold paint still holding on, it feels to me as if it might have lived in a holy space, but I really have no idea. Whatever the case, it appears quite old, and I just find the domed form, with scalloped pattern around the edge and fourteen ribs running to the top, just a satisfying thing. 4 7 16" d x 3" t. Very good antique