Wonderful Little Brass Foot Whatsit green glaze Hans Gehrig and Rafael Alfandary

Hans Gehrig and Rafael Alfandary

longest @ 10" long

I am happy to have a new pane of glass cut for this and inserted before shipping (no charge) OR ship as is if you wish to reframe it

Salvador Teran (1920–1974) was born and educated in Taxco

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Wonderful Little Brass Foot Whatsit green glaze Hans Gehrig and Rafael AlfandaryHonestly, I have no idea what this is, or what it would have been used for! I thought perhaps a stamp for a wax seal, except that there is nothing engraved on the flat end. Perhaps it was a gift to a shoemaker, though I'm still not sure why it would have the handle on it? In any case, it's a pretty great object, nicely made, I might think by a jeweler, and heavy for its size. To me it has a bit of a Carl Auboch feel, and the brass is so bright and