Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake two-toned horsehair especially 19th century PA folk

especially 19th century PA folk art--and who told me he too would miss her very much

I love the patch of white at top

several very carefully done pattern designs included--and one stand along gouache on paper pattern painting loose inside its pages that I'd frame straight away

and I'll be very glad to keep this one for myself

Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake two-toned horsehair especially 19th century PA folkI've had a couple of old wrought iron folk art snakes, made as iron worker's whimsies I believe, but this is I think the very best I've ever seen, and it seems to me likely the oldest too. Photos do no justice, but the details come the closest, showing the very very extensive and very intensive rasping of the iron used to give it scales; fantastic. And the underside shows how the iron was curled under to give volume to the body, making it almost like