Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes design tool as if being viewed through

as if being viewed through a scope

Two eye hole screws on top for hanging

They were published as an accordian fold

A nice old iron nail on the side

Coupler Couple, Earlyish 19th C. Iron Buckboard Wagon Couplers-Cum-Snakes design tool as if being viewed throughReally 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