Sculptural Old Iron Log Splitting Cones - Sold Individually antique school slate painting and then two crosses on

and then two crosses on either side drawn over top

a mother sitting atop her presumed lost child

I wasn't familiar with the work of Shields Landon Jones (b

It features the head of Silenus (a drinking companion of Bacchus) on one side

There is a note on the back of this drawing that reads 1957 Life Magazine

Sculptural Old Iron Log Splitting Cones - Sold Individually antique school slate painting and then two crosses onI 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"