Old Lead Folk Art Cabin for Tess with Melty Chimney ladies leg horseshoe Sight: 7” x 6 3/4”

Sight: 7” x 6 3/4”

and the carving very simple

which looks to me to be splitting a piece of wood

I just really like the look of them lined up in a row

I believe these date to the 1870s-80s or so

Old Lead Folk Art Cabin for Tess with Melty Chimney ladies leg horseshoe Sight: 7” x 6 3/4”Made by hand entirely of lead, this old cabin is heavy, and while I think perhaps I've come across a folk art house crafted of lead before, I sure can't find one out there now. My guess is a lead metal worker's whimsy of sorts made for a daughter named Tess, with her name soldered across the back side of the pitched roof in a very sweet way. Further decorative soldering (I believe this would be the right word) at every corner of the house and chimney