Beautiful Antique Iron Rake-Hoe Head Lake Vanern are just fantastic — a

are just fantastic — a quintessential example of machine age design

The top lifts off easily and is pretty sturdy should one wish to hold some special treasure in it now

I really love it as an object--exactly the scale of a real mushroom

bright and crisp with just a few tiny fleabites around the rim

Just so right

Beautiful Antique Iron Rake-Hoe Head Lake Vanern are just fantastic — aSuch a beautiful form, looking rather like a creature on four spindly legs holding up a sign, or, the other way, like a body with antler or antenna, arms raised and legs spread. I believe it is an antique iron garden "rake hoe" head, c. late 19th century, I believe by its scale for a hand held tool; by the early 20th c. these more typically divided into two separate tools. Striking now hung on the wall; the round opening at center is also just the