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According to information that we received at an estate auction where we purchased the item, it was originally purchased in the 1950's from a plantation in Alabama. We were told that the item was authenicated by the deceased but the paperwork was lost over the years.
Re: Cast Iron Hog Head Mold
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It might be a head cheese mold. When slaughtering at the farm was a routine household activity many homes had large kettles, hook handles, sausage grinders, and other common household processing tools. The piece in the picture "appears" as my best guess to be a mold for this activity.
This mold would be a poor piece for molding anything else.
Nonetheless an interesting piece and highly probable not vintage but 100 years or older. The practice of home slaughtering has fallen out of style for a variety of reasons. I fon't think the piece is of high-value as an antique, but it definetly is an interesting antique.
Re: Cast Iron Hog Head Mold
Thank you for your information on this item.
According to the information that was told at the estate auction, the item was made in the late 1800's.