Charming Welded Copper Folk Art Dachshund painterly seascape and crochet samplers like this

and crochet samplers like this one

Though without its slide-top lid

and compared to most of these one finds

and was most popular in the U

At the moment

Charming Welded Copper Folk Art Dachshund painterly seascape and crochet samplers like thisI'm not sure what parts and pieces were welded together to make this great little dashschund, but I'd guess the body is a copper plumbing fitting of some sort, which was trimmed and shaped at one end to give him an open mouth, and then ears and eyes and legs and tail nailed and or welded on. I love whoever put such effort into making this guy, and must say he feels like quite a special, quiet charming little thing. 4 1 16" l including tail (2 7 8"