Exceptional Antique Blacksmith’s Hand-Forged, Painted Iron Folk Art Cobra 1890 playing cards With hole running all the

With hole running all the way through his chest

7 1/8" l x 4 1/2" t x 1/2" thick and in good shape

For me just marvelously human and tender and true and really beautiful

and rather like it always existed

It stands up on its own on a level surface

Exceptional Antique Blacksmith’s Hand-Forged, Painted Iron Folk Art Cobra 1890 playing cards With hole running all theOver time, Ive considered a few old forged iron snakes and snake shaped trivetsblacksmith whimsies of sorts but this is the first that completely jumped out and bit me! Its a large (long!) one, and quite unusual as far as Ive seen in terms of featuring a combination of painted and rasped (I believe that would be the correct term) detailing, the former giving a fabulous spotted pattern to the entire length of the cobra's back and white to its