Exceptional Antique Blacksmith’s Hand-Forged, Painted Iron Folk Art Cobra 1890 playing cards --and really like the printed

--and really like the printed image of this woman against crimson

With hole running all the way through his chest

with its square format and the blank space next to it making it just right

For me just marvelously human and tender and true and really beautiful

It stands up on its own on a level surface

Exceptional Antique Blacksmith’s Hand-Forged, Painted Iron Folk Art Cobra 1890 playing cards --and really like the printedOver time, Ive considered a few old forged iron snakes and snake shaped trivetsblacksmith whimsies of sorts but this is the first that completely jumped out and bit me! Its a large (long!) one, and quite unusual as far as Ive seen in terms of featuring a combination of painted and rasped (I believe that would be the correct term) detailing, the former giving a fabulous spotted pattern to the entire length of the cobra's back and white to its