Fabulous Iron Folk Art Crocodile with File Body folk art winder made in three parts like

made in three parts like a puzzle

to my mind constituting "art without intent" for the manner in which crazing to the ceramic has produced this fine network of rust colored lines that run between and among the blue marbled lines patterning the cup

clearly with a lot of love invested

This bright orange operable Tonka shoveler

Just minor toning

Fabulous Iron Folk Art Crocodile with File Body folk art winder made in three parts likeI 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