Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle folk art beaver in this case with a

in this case with a whole history of reinforcements evident

with cutouts in the cardboard base for each shell -- and a dry kidney bean as well to hide underneath one of them

Sold as set

which I am pretty sure is Arabic

I am pretty certain these wonderful hand-painted turned wooden pins or skittles are French and that they date to the 1920s or so

Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle folk art beaver in this case with aFound in Maine, I think this guy lived in a yard for a good many years, to my eye perfectly rusted and aged, as well as perfectly crude and a total charmer of a thing. Welded together of iron pieces, including a sweet little tail, and with a raised design animating his shell. 7 1 4 l x 4 5 8 w x 1 7 8 t, much aged and rusty but nut shedding, all to the good.