Beautiful Antique Iron Rake-Hoe Head slip painted and that one very curled

and that one very curled back rear paw

perhaps even more so for the fact of having two of its drawers missing

made in 1964

One more head for today

and would guess they date to the late 19th or early 20th century

Beautiful Antique Iron Rake-Hoe Head slip painted and that one very curledSuch 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