SOLD Excellent Five Pound Civil War Era (Date Stamped) Iron Horse Tether with Cross hand-coiled as if he just kissed

as if he just kissed a princess and is about to turn into a prince

I've been thinking lately about the potential eroticism of landscapes

To my eye quite a wonderful child produced creation

and this is very much one of those

SOLD Excellent Five Pound Civil War Era (Date Stamped) Iron Horse Tether with Cross hand-coiled as if he just kissedI really tried to walk away from this one, thinking I really did not need a 5 pound iron horse tether, but between the five sided form and the cross and the italic font of that 5, it was just too good and satisfying as an object to let go. And would make a good doorstop, or tether for the dog, now. All the more I was delighted to turn it over while photographing it to find a date stamped (impressed) at the center, 186_ (I believe 1864.) And two