Black-painted Cast Iron Ball Hitching Post

Black-painted Cast Iron Ball Hitching Post, America, second half 19th century, the ball top with two loops on a tapering fluted column with cylindrical base, with custom stand, ht. 48 in.

Provenance: The Phil and Bunny Savino Collection.

Literature: Illustrated and described in W. Douglas McCombs, ed., Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts, the Collection of Phil and Bunny Savino (Albany Institute of History and Art: Albany, 2008), p. 29.

Exhibitions: Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts, The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, January 26-May 26, 2008.
A Flushing, New York, Collection