Antique Cast Iron Figural Shutter Dog shaded blocks I'd line them up on

I'd line them up on a shelf or throw them in a bowl and just enjoy looking at them

I believe these were delivery slips

” an innovative weekly that was especially pioneering in its extensive use of photography

painted fabulous bright colors (painted on both sides)

Antique Cast Iron Figural Shutter Dog shaded blocks I'd line them up onI 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