Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes victorian spillikins fanged mouth

fanged mouth

steam heat

but appealingly androgynous looking

Not too long ago I was alerted to the fact that frames made for tintypes specifically are hard to find--and frames made specifically for tiny gem tintypes I think all the more so

Late in life

Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes victorian spillikins fanged mouthReally fun to find these, purchased from the same Lancaster, PA dealer as a great mid 19th c. crooked neck Knickerbocker stoneware beer bottle that I listed and sold last week. I know from him that they are couplers (joining pieces) from an early American buckboard wagon, which at some point accrued two eyes each, transforming them into snakes! Beautiful forms and very satisfying physicality to the iron to begin with, and of course all the better