Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes british cartoon where one would would place

where one would would place them in the box out of order

In addition to the rooster itself

and a fantastic surface too

and really don't think I have ever seen a better face on a cat than this one

perfectly wonky carved form to the back

Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes british cartoon where one would would placeReally fun to find these, purchased from the same Lancaster, PA dealer as a great mid 19th c. crooked neck Knickerbocker stoneware beer bottle that I listed and sold last week. I know from him that they are couplers (joining pieces) from an early American buckboard wagon, which at some point accrued two eyes each, transforming them into snakes! Beautiful forms and very satisfying physicality to the iron to begin with, and of course all the better