Beautiful Large Hand-forged Iron Grappling Hook in Old White Paint Manuel Jimenez style 10" t x 4 5/8"

10" t x 4 5/8" w x 1/2"

which show what I believe is called "crawling shino"--an effect caused by the glaze shrinking during drying and then separating into clumps

and while I've bought and sold some paper dolls at this point

Rhodes himself fulfills a lesson in perspective by filling the open pages of the pre-printed book with a summation of his life:

Signed Italy and numbered on the bottom

Beautiful Large Hand-forged Iron Grappling Hook in Old White Paint Manuel Jimenez style 10" t x 4 5/8"Photos do no justice, especially in terms of scale and weight, but this is a large, gorgeously sculptural antique hand forged iron grappling hook, which may have been used for hanging meat game, but also seems possible to have had naval maritime use. Definitely an old one, unusual for bearing old white paint, and with I think an especially great shape to the hanging ring. Id treat it as found sculpture, but certainly it could be hung and used for