Charming Welded Copper Folk Art Dachshund painterly seascape Though without its slide-top lid

Though without its slide-top lid

on Cathay")--which makes me wonder whether the original inspiration for the drawing was an image first painted on a teacup

Found in New Hampshire and surely painted somewhere in New England

and crochet samplers like this one

amazing surface

Charming Welded Copper Folk Art Dachshund painterly seascape Though without its slide-top lidI'm not sure what parts and pieces were welded together to make this great little dashschund, but I'd guess the body is a copper plumbing fitting of some sort, which was trimmed and shaped at one end to give him an open mouth, and then ears and eyes and legs and tail nailed and or welded on. I love whoever put such effort into making this guy, and must say he feels like quite a special, quiet charming little thing. 4 1 16" l including tail (2 7 8"