Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle tabletop bowling Thickly painted oil on board

Thickly painted oil on board

Definitely it was hand-sewn

priced in the $200-275 range

I've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one

A sort of haunting specter of another era

Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle tabletop bowling Thickly painted oil on boardFound in Maine, I think this guy lived in a yard for a good many years, to my eye perfectly rusted and aged, as well as perfectly crude and a total charmer of a thing. Welded together of iron pieces, including a sweet little tail, and with a raised design animating his shell. 7 1 4 l x 4 5 8 w x 1 7 8 t, much aged and rusty but nut shedding, all to the good.