"The Morning Star" Old Cast Iron Piece, Presumed from Antique Stove shinoware is that is it Civil

is that is it Civil War era

Base measures 8 1/2" l x 2 5/8" w x 3/4" thick

making it feel massive despite its diminutive size

There is some spotting on its base

"The Morning Star" Old Cast Iron Piece, Presumed from Antique Stove shinoware is that is it CivilThe banner scrolling across this reads "The Morning Star", and I have to guess it was part of a stove (there is a sort of hook at bottom center of the back side that perhaps latched to the stove and this piece opened out to allow for emptying ashes?). I have found mention of a Morning Star Stove Manufacturing Company established in 1918 in Grand Rapids Michigan, so perhaps Morning Star is the name of the stove, though I might have guessed this was was