Sculptural Old Iron Log Splitting Cones - Sold Individually cat wedding and a few very small

and a few very small holes at lower left

Salt fired I believe (which yielded a few shiny areas)

A couple of fat nails near the front and one not nailed all the way in

and this one both warms and breaks my heart

Sculptural Old Iron Log Splitting Cones - Sold Individually cat wedding and a few very smallI find these old cast iron log splitting cones really beautiful objects, with sculptural forms evocative of towers and rockets and all sorts of things, and with surfaces that show a great combination of gold and rust. And, they are might heavy, so could be used as doorstops or bookends or whatever. The one at left in first photo was made by Oregon, with a patent pending stamp in the opposite side; the one at right shows Patent No 4887753. Left: 6 1 4"