Cast Iron Horse Head Hitching Post

Cast Iron Horse Head Hitching Post, America, second half 19th century, with well-defined features, on a fluted column with round floral base, ht. 44 in.

Literature: For a nearly identical example see 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. 36.
A Flushing, New York, Collection