Fabulous Iron Folk Art Crocodile with File Body early moxie Frame: 14" x 12" x

Frame: 14" x 12" x 1 3/8" d

with one example noting the year: 1862

Blocks are in good condition

with a fabulous all-over triangular relief pattern and drippy green and salmon-colored glaze over cream slip

and her working in a shop

Fabulous Iron Folk Art Crocodile with File Body early moxie Frame: 14" x 12" xI purchased both this one and the heart shaped love token paperweight I am listing next from a South Carolina based dealer at Brimfield who has been the course of a series of excellent things. This iron crocodile, with metal file of a body, I presume was made by a metalworker as a whimsy of sorts akin to a blacksmith's snake. It definitely has some age to it, with some rust showing on those wonderful teeth, especially. Very nicely done, imparting this