Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake two-toned horsehair This seems to be a

This seems to be a pretty rare one

in a nice period frame

17 7/8" l x 3 11/16" x 5/8"

I love the patch of white at top

which appears to have been a grocery or general store (I think I spy bundles of asparagus and an artful display of canned goods through the window at left

Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake two-toned horsehair This seems to be aI'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