Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake two-toned horsehair which I believe replaced an

which I believe replaced an earlier one that was just a hair wider where it met the stone

He died of AIDS in 1986

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

This seems to be a pretty rare one

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

Marvelous Antique Rasp Decorated Wrought Iron Folk Art Snake two-toned horsehair which I believe replaced anI'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