Antique Cast Iron Two Part Row of Hands Mold army woman copper engraving on wove

copper engraving on wove

and wonderful carving of the drapery

where I think it has lived for a long time

with "as perfect as any steel saw gauge" bordering three sides

and concentrations of the Davis family in Virginia and North Carolina

Antique Cast Iron Two Part Row of Hands Mold army woman copper engraving on woveI've come across just a handful of these over the years and will always snap them up, such an excellent looking and evocative object (two objects, actually). It is an antique two part cast iron mold, for making clear candy I believe. And of course it is the hands that make it great, including for the way the two halves can be be configured for display: two rows of five, fingers up, looks as if they're all doing a royal wave together, or fingers