Beautiful Old Farrier's Box with Iron Corner Reinforcements primitive carving perfect for hanging it up

perfect for hanging it up

Signed at lower right with what looks like Wm Ritter

and sure do love the hand-painted man in tall hat

shot in both natural and artificial light

certain objects just have a special weight that you can immediately feel in your gut

Beautiful Old Farrier's Box with Iron Corner Reinforcements primitive carving perfect for hanging it upI believe this is an old farrier box, used for storing and carrying tools for shoeing horses, and certainly it has done a lot of work, with these beautiful iron corner reinforcements added long ago. Hand forged iron nails, original red paint, and a leather strap that once would have adjusted but was fixed in place at some point along the way. Very sturdy and useful still as a carrying box for tools or whatever, but also just a gorgeous object. 13 3 4"