SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack hand-blown bottle it doesn't seem deep enough

it doesn't seem deep enough to have been a handle or pull

or perhaps a teacher given the manual dexterity required

There are some light color flecks on some of them in the photos

hence the notion to hang it on the wall--though perhaps someone more industrious than I could put this vise to good practical use

and don't know much about it

SOLD Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Painted Iron Wall Six Hook Hanging Rack hand-blown bottle it doesn't seem deep enoughAmong my very favorites of the week, and ever what a marvelous combination of functional form and exuberant expression. And it is old. I presume the zigzag snaking of the iron wire arching between the vertical and horizontal parts of the hanger was meant to help lend stability and balance against the wall (increasing surface area a bit), but what a joyful way to do it (and it reads almost as if two heads facing each other, noses touching, too.) Then