SOLD Most Tender and Poignant 19th Century Hand-cut Iron July 4 Stencil antique molding recipes for making animal feed

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and stems and protozoa

The brass spinners at their centers make for even more fun

With original wood backings

The front panel with these wonderfully carved spires is constructed of two pieces of wood

SOLD Most Tender and Poignant 19th Century Hand-cut Iron July 4 Stencil antique molding recipes for making animal feedA humble thing but this is truly one of my favorite finds ever. The combination of the very old and weathered iron and the loss lack of a center to the "U" (and absence of a Y, too) and that freehand cut 4 floating above, off on its own, feels exactly right compositionally, symbolically, metaphorically, etc or representing Independence Day. Singularly and tenderly constructed, improvisational feeling but emphatic, eroding but enduring. For me this one