Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base stacking lacquer box This box is quite large

This box is quite large

as the wood and paint cloth are in good shape

and not at all once the cabinet is filled

to be held with two hands horizontally to play

and "Century of Progress Exhibition Chicago 1934" on his back

Old Cast Iron Dog on Heavy Iron Base stacking lacquer box This box is quite largeI think of this more as a door stop than a paperweight (which is how the dealer I purchased it from described it) weighing in at 3 1 2 pounds, it seems a bit of overkill for holding down a stack of papers, though this pup (a retriever, or a setter?) certainly looks fetching perched atop a pile. Late 19th century I would guess, it shows all of those years, with much of the dog's creamy brown paint worn away, along, it seems, with a piece of his jowl!