Arts & Crafts Era Hand-forged Iron Horse Boot Scraper cooking dish 12" l x 13 1/8"

12" l x 13 1/8" t (measured on the square) x 3/4" thick and in very good vintage condition

as it is the bottom one that is signed: FRAM on the long side

I think that she is pretty

I found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation

There's a little wood chipped away around the coin opening

Arts & Crafts Era Hand-forged Iron Horse Boot Scraper cooking dish 12" l x 13 1/8"From what I have been able to learn, I believe this wonderful horse shaped boot scraper is Arts & Crafts era, dating to 1920 or so. I just love the form, which feels a little bit Etruscan and a little bit Scandinavian, too, and with the fabulously curled tail reminiscent of early wrought iron railings and gates and handles. This hand forged boot scraper was definitely used, showing plenty of rusting and erosion, which makes me love it more. There are