Round Ball in Cage Inside of Cage Carved Whimsy child made boat Hand-forged wrought iron with rivets

Hand-forged wrought iron with rivets joining individual pieces on the rack

and our tastes are almost perfectly in sync

7 3/4" tall x 3 1/2" widest diameter

and happy solvable two ways--one with the geometric shapes matching their backgrounds and the other creating excellent color juxtapositions

a math notebook of a Samuel Gifford Junior of Blackford Somerset

Round Ball in Cage Inside of Cage Carved Whimsy child made boat Hand-forged wrought iron with rivetsIt seems possible that this whimsy was carved of some sort of nut pod (one sometimes sees Brazil nut podscarved into whimsy rattles), but this is quite different I'm not sure. At any rate, a pretty unusual one, all the better for the fact that you can roll it around! The cage inside the larger cage moves rolls around inside it, as does the ball inside of it, a little bit! 2" x 1 3 4" and in good shape, with little carved marks all over, original to it