Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist primitive carving I also really like that

I also really like that the piece is done in what reads in person as black soapstone

it's got a super earthy feel and reminds me of the pottery that surrounded me in my youth

crisp pop to whatever one puts in it

and to my eye this one is about perfect as it gets

9" x 7" x 5/8"

Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist primitive carving I also really like thatA curious thing, this old cast iron fisted hand weighs nearly 4 pounds, and based on another similar I have found out there sold by another dealer, I believe it might originally have been a gate weight perhaps for a church gate, with the cross at the base but I'm not 100% certain. There is a recess on the reverse side of the hand perhaps to which somehow a chain once attached. The other similar I found was dated to Civil War era, and I might guess