SOLD Old Folk Art Bottle Cap Snake with Carved Wood Head and Tail and Polka Dots folk art cowboy likely along with the rest

likely along with the rest of the holy family--but happily still stands atop her original pedestal—two red painted wood squares and a blue painted carved globe with snake curled around it

Great for pounding the heck out of something

and were found in a Marshall Fields cardboard jewelry box

Not your average secret secret compartment inside a book box

but it has outsized calming effects

SOLD Old Folk Art Bottle Cap Snake with Carved Wood Head and Tail and Polka Dots folk art cowboy likely along with the restHow could I resist this rattler, purchased this week from the case of one of my favorite dealers at an antiques shop in New Hampshire? Bottle cap rattle snakes were a thing, but much rarer to find one with a carved wood head and tail and painted in silver with polka dots! Great from every angle, fun to position, and so many contexts he would enliven. With the perfectly rusted bottle caps strung on wire, which comes out the mouth as its tongue. As