Incredible Folk Art Painted Antique Iron Cow Bell With Cast Iron Clapper old ironstone with lots of years on

with lots of years on him

died in the home in 1923

and would never think to break them up--in my mind

Rhode Island

different from every angle

Incredible Folk Art Painted Antique Iron Cow Bell With Cast Iron Clapper old ironstone with lots of years onThis amazing thing, quite a potent object I think, resonating in all sorts of ways. What a face, smiling but also perhaps a bit haunting, in very old, very crusty paint that clearly weathered the elements for many many years, with a red painted mouth stretching from one end to the other and perhaps a second eye like a shadow below the right one. Some old yellow paint around the edges too. The round, cast iron clapper inside produces the most wonderful