Cool Welded Copper Hand-Shaped Folk Art Flask/Sculpture antique checkerboard which seems about right

which seems about right

clearly very loyal dog in this sweet antique British graphite drawing really sold me on it

with just a little bit of darkening around the edges from age

One of Deming's such paintings was reproduced as a U

Overall very good condition except for a hole on underside

Cool Welded Copper Hand-Shaped Folk Art Flask/Sculpture antique checkerboard which seems about rightI have no idea the backstory to this old handmade copper hand, but I think it's pretty cool. It's a vessel, I'd guess made with the idea of serving as a flask of sorts literally to hold four fingers of whiskey! At some point or maybe from the beginning a hook was threaded through the stopper (which screws in tight), that facilitates getting the plug in an out and would make it easy to hang on the wall. The hook will also screw out to give it a flat