Hand-forged Pick Axe Head modern sculpture but poppies seem to have

but poppies seem to have been a bit of a theme right around the beginning of the 20th century

(I have not taken it out of the frame to see what is behind it

with a lid that opens up

" There was a handwritten attribution on the back of the matte on which this was mounted

circa 1930s-50s

Hand-forged Pick Axe Head modern sculpture but poppies seem to haveSometimes when I am out hunting for things I find something that just feels good to carry around in my hand, and by the end of my stop if I've become pretty attached to it I won't let it go. This was the case with this hand forged piece, an old pick axe head I believe, which has both a great weight and hand feel to it, and to my eye more than passes the muster as an compelling sculptural object, looking a bit like a hand with one long finger pointing