Dramatic Old Folk Art Very Heavy Soldered Iron Cross 1980s toy with wonderful attention and a

with wonderful attention and a certain committed precision given to each tree

only the lower half of the box opens

) I believe this "Nova" puzzle is made of pine

I love a box with a name or monogram painted on it

I believe this huge hand-painted claw likely dates to the early 20th century

Dramatic Old Folk Art Very Heavy Soldered Iron Cross 1980s toy with wonderful attention and aWeighing in at almost nine pounds, this cross is not to be moved! I love it for its emphatic materiality, and dramatic tilt (seems very Rock of Ages to me, as if Faith herself should be clinging to it amid a stormy sea). And I love it for all the effort put into all that soldering around the base, looking like the roots of trees (or streaming seaweed.) All of which, together with a sort of God's Eye at the center, adds up to a super folky but also