Old Hand-wrought Iron Folk Art Dog with Corkscrew Tail picture easel just some light crazing

just some light crazing

Papered back has been torn up a bit but frame is securely sealed

and am not sure it is silver plate either

At first I took them for drawings

but it does takes the right touch to pull it open again

Old Hand-wrought Iron Folk Art Dog with Corkscrew Tail picture easel just some light crazingI presume this wonderful creature was a whimsy of sorts made by a blacksmith. Perfectly unfussy and really rather elegant in a primitive way I think (makes me think a bit of Etruscan horses), with the ears, one flipped up, the other down, and the corkscrew tail lending a little humor. With terrific marked eyes and a slit for the mouth. It appear to me to have quite a bit of age, I'd guess earlyish 20th c? 8 3 8 x 2 3 4" t x 2 11 16" w and in very good