Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face cast iron dog or maybe it was subconscious--or

or maybe it was subconscious--or maybe it was a very deliberate visual metaphor

which makes it quite a sturdy one too

Feels like summer

It measures 6 3/4tall x 4" diameter

or which could be sold onto a doll needing a lovely pair of legs

Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face cast iron dog or maybe it was subconscious--orI think the face painted long ago on this old darner is just fantastic feeling as if hovering in a sort of liminal zone between person and ghost, male and female, happy and sad, etc. And that marvelous old creamy white paint, with a bit of red on the cheeks, with what looks to be a fingerprint preserved for posterity in the dab at right. To my eye just a fabulous thing in all regards, which made my heart skip a beat when I spotted it an instant sense