Featured Antique Cast Iron-Native American Ashtray...ID-Origin Help??

6" long...I thought it was bronze,but a magnet sticks!!..Any Help Appreciated. Thank you

 

I'm not 100% sure that's an image of an American Indian....

 

that is very nice I would use it as a change tray
here is a double similar to yours, they say brass
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/132546166298

 

here is one like yours in aluminum, has a different number on the back
no names on any of them so I don't know who made them
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/INDIAN-HEAD...838946?hash=item23b59d47a2:g:HvYAAOSwE6VcXg5j

 

Same but double sided - also described as "Indian" (now i see CX posted a similar one )

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Double-Nat...m43663.l10137&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true

 

JMHO. I see a certain art nouveau/ Jugendstil influence with the lower adornments (found on many copperworks by Deffner, WMF etc,) and the round adornments on the sides of the heads (these remind me of Muchas byzantine heads).
could even be a bit earlier when Oscar Wilde and many others thought the Americans so unspoilt by culture.

 

I agree early 1900s, probably European.

I think the aluminum one is a copy of the original

I think this one cxgirl found, is part of a desk set and this would be the pen tray.

 

It doesn't look cast iron to me.
Does a magnet stick?

 

What a lovely, lovely thing, @SPERLS
!!

 

Head dress looks more South American native than US.

 

I agree, it looks more like what we would call a 'vide poche' (empty pocket), a tray on a hallway table in which you would put keys and loose change that was rattling around in your pockets. That way you wouldn't be rattling around the house.

The 'Native American' could be based on historic images of indigenous Caribbeans. So also American Indian, just not North American Indian.

 

With the cut out at the bottom and the length. I would GUESS that it is a cigar ashtray as well. Also bearing in mind the cigar store Indians, brings it together as a "theme". It could be part of a desk set like posted above, but I think it is still a Cigar ashtray.

 

a double-ended version with interesting write-up:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-cast-iron-double-headed-34499569


EDIT: also spotted one with USS ARGONNE inscription on bottom:

 

here is an inkwell, seller claims it could be Bradley and Hubbard or Vienna Bronze
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-american-indian-chief-bronze-1787654731
with so many examples showing up hopefully one will turn up marked

 

that might be a problem, too. as a generic subject signifying freedom it's a bit like all the ladies that "let their hair down".

 

It looks original...but as a match holder...it buggers the ashtray..!!
seems they were made in many incarnations...

 

Fid makes some excellent points re: art nouveau/Jugenstil. Values seem to be all over the place. Nice! I'd keep it.

 

I wonder if the USS ARGONNE piece is a copy of an original made by the crew when the ship was a sub tender. There would have been everything needed to duplicate the piece.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos//sh-usn/usnsh-a/ap4.htm