I paid $8 for this today at a local junk sale, even my wife thought I did good. The picture sucks, my hands are too shaky I think, maybe too close up. I was wondering why the bottom portion is cast iron and the top either brass or bronze? How would I tell the difference between brass and bronze? It looks like brass to me. Approximately when would this have been made? It has a rather deep threaded piece for the string, does not thread very tight. He said this was his dad's and later said his dad was a junk collector. Half the fun of finding something like this is talking to the guys behind it about their stuff.
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