SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack hand-blown bottle There are some light color

There are some light color flecks on some of them in the photos

with the Yin-Yang symbol repeating twice on the exterior and twice again on the interior

but none I like as much as this one

or perhaps a teacher given the manual dexterity required

SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack hand-blown bottle There are some light colorAmong my very favorites of the week, and ever what a marvelous combination of functional form and exuberant expression. And it is old. I presume the zigzag snaking of the iron wire arching between the vertical and horizontal parts of the hanger was meant to help lend stability and balance against the wall (increasing surface area a bit), but what a joyful way to do it (and it reads almost as if two heads facing each other, noses touching, too.) Then