Early Cast Iron Candy Skeletons Mold! beautiful object Really a wonderful piece that

Really a wonderful piece that exemplifies the all of the best attributes of Northeast Coast native basket making

there is some stone fruit that makes sense to pile in a bowl and some more suited for a pedestal

(There is glare in a few images

an artist who I believe worked and taught in  North Carolina

A little warping to the wood

Early Cast Iron Candy Skeletons Mold! beautiful object Really a wonderful piece thatOne certainly sees plenty of old pewter chocolate candy molds around, but much rarer to find an early cast iron one, and even rarer to find skeletons, here three in a row! Indeed, I can find no other iron skeleton mold out there anywhere. The detail on both sides of this mold are pretty great, articulating the skulls, rib cages, and pelvic bones of what I believe are seated skeletons (really they look almost like they are riding bikes!) I think this