Antique Cast Iron Two Part Row of Hands Mold army woman down to the very crudely

down to the very crudely painted faces

hand-carved brush/comb

and concentrations of the Davis family in Virginia and North Carolina

and I would guess it dates closer to 1800 than 1900 but I'm not completely certain

white and blue

Antique Cast Iron Two Part Row of Hands Mold army woman down to the very crudelyI've come across just a handful of these over the years and will always snap them up, such an excellent looking and evocative object (two objects, actually). It is an antique two part cast iron mold, for making clear candy I believe. And of course it is the hands that make it great, including for the way the two halves can be be configured for display: two rows of five, fingers up, looks as if they're all doing a royal wave together, or fingers