Playful Tabletop Iron Sculpture of Couple with Joined Hands small sculpture This charming Japanese dragon-shaped cast

This charming Japanese dragon-shaped cast iron or lead flower / ikebana frog I believe dates from the 1930s

would have been used for traveling on camelback

She refers to the women in sculptures such as this one as storytellers--mouths open

which included everything from shaker furniture to antique tools to mid-century modern art and ceramics

Playful Tabletop Iron Sculpture of Couple with Joined Hands small sculpture This charming Japanese dragon-shaped castI found this wonderful sculpture at the estate sale of an artist, though I do not know its maker. I love its clunkiness, and the creativity of the artist, who built the bodies of the two figures by welding together a mosh mosh of nuts and bolts and other assorted iron bits. It is equally great from front or back, and perhaps especially the back! And I really love the long, extended arms of this man and woman as they reach out for one another, giving