{"product_id":"two-roses-ultra-soulful-old-folk-art-hand-forged-iron-sculpture-2","title":"Two Roses, Ultra Soulful Old Folk Art Hand-forged Iron Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003eI love everything I buy and sell in one way or another (usually in many ways!), but there are some things that cut right to my heart, and that I know I'll carry around there forever, and this is one of those. A Rose (surely) and a rose, growing together on one stem, as full of soul as could be, and both also seeming embodiments of life's fleeting nature--their rendering in iron here as if to forever stave off the inevitable withering to come. There is a yet a sense of resilience too, with the angle of the iron block from which they rise making it feel as if they were growing up in a forgotten corner, or through a crack in the sidewalk, pushing up, against the odds, toward the light. And on the front of that iron, into the surface, is etched a leaf (see detail photos.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI know she was found in New England, but don't know more of her origins that that, though guess the work of a blacksmith\/iron worker, and certainly the portrait of a specific woman-- his wife, or perhaps his mother, made as a love token of sorts, or perhaps as a memorial? Hand-forged\/hand-wrought iron I believe,  with the iron stem\/base mounted in a lovely wood box with jointed corners (looks perhaps like  a compass case) that appears to have been filled with plaster, then covered with a coat of black that has the look of tar. Altogether it feels just right, a bit off-kilter in an excellent way, and interesting from every perspective. With a beautifully aged surface to the iron. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 1\/4\" t. Base 3 5\/8\" x 3 1\/4\". All in very good condition, no issues, some surface aging that is all to the good. She feels early 20th century-1930s to me but a bit of a mystery. Green felt added at some point to the underside of the box. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48321978564862,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_6527_e88ee94e-d545-4cbd-a62d-23e9d0272f53.jpg?v=1780682722","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/two-roses-ultra-soulful-old-folk-art-hand-forged-iron-sculpture-2","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}