Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake signed print 5 7/8 x 3 1/2

5 7/8 x 3 1/2 framed

I've found a few others of these mid-century brass dachshund bottle openers out there

and this simple freehand house done by 5 year old Ralph Anderson is about my favorite I've seen

I have found a few other examples online with different portraits (one of those

Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake signed print 5 7/8 x 3 1/2I'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