Fabulous Iron Folk Art Crocodile with File Body folk art ashray The heart was cutout and

The heart was cutout and printed into to the image

but separated

mostly on one wing of the larger one

sent  from a "Lizzie" in Cuttyhunk to Frank Slocum of South Westport

with lyrics by Webb M

Fabulous Iron Folk Art Crocodile with File Body folk art ashray The heart was cutout andI purchased both this one and the heart shaped love token paperweight I am listing next from a South Carolina based dealer at Brimfield who has been the course of a series of excellent things. This iron crocodile, with metal file of a body, I presume was made by a metalworker as a whimsy of sorts akin to a blacksmith's snake. It definitely has some age to it, with some rust showing on those wonderful teeth, especially. Very nicely done, imparting this