Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes british cartoon and also a geography lesson

and also a geography lesson for young (and maybe some old

A pair of very old handmade Punch and Judy puppet heads

perfectly wonky carved form to the back

7 7/8" t x 4 1/8" w x 4 7/8" d

and really don't think I have ever seen a better face on a cat than this one

Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes british cartoon and also a geography lessonReally fun to find these, purchased from the same Lancaster, PA dealer as a great mid 19th c. crooked neck Knickerbocker stoneware beer bottle that I listed and sold last week. I know from him that they are couplers (joining pieces) from an early American buckboard wagon, which at some point accrued two eyes each, transforming them into snakes! Beautiful forms and very satisfying physicality to the iron to begin with, and of course all the better