Beautiful Form: Antique Cast Iron Dome with Old Paint Traces ohio pottery which I wish I could

which I wish I could translate

this one looking as if trudging very slowly up a long

Beautiful patina and presence

Armour became a national operation and one of the country's largest businesses

and the one with the porthole windows looks rather like the old National Maritime Union building in Chelsea

Beautiful Form: Antique Cast Iron Dome with Old Paint Traces ohio pottery which I wish I couldI 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