SOLD Old Folk Art Bottle Cap Snake with Carved Wood Head and Tail and Polka Dots danish modern brooch South Dakota in the 1970s

South Dakota in the 1970s

Overall good condition with a bit of loss along the left edge of the book and few scratches to the surface of the wood

and standing in front of a backdrop with great spindly trees to one side

including a ring on the middle finger

SOLD Old Folk Art Bottle Cap Snake with Carved Wood Head and Tail and Polka Dots danish modern brooch South Dakota in the 1970sHow could I resist this rattler, purchased this week from the case of one of my favorite dealers at an antiques shop in New Hampshire? Bottle cap rattle snakes were a thing, but much rarer to find one with a carved wood head and tail and painted in silver with polka dots! Great from every angle, fun to position, and so many contexts he would enliven. With the perfectly rusted bottle caps strung on wire, which comes out the mouth as its tongue. As