Miniature Copper Rake (Nail Rake) green and brown I think it certainly could

I think it certainly could still be employed as a nutcracker

It is made of a cotton warp (revealed as the red fringe at either end) and wool weft

and currently based in Amherst

Museum of Arts and Design

as pretty much any way you arrange them

Miniature Copper Rake (Nail Rake) green and brown I think it certainly couldThis beautiful little copper object, with a rake on one end and what looks rather like a spade on the other, from what I understand is actually an old nail rake, which would have been used in a general store to scoop or sort nails. It's really a lovely thing, which now could be used to rake sand in a tabletop zen garden, or as a paperweight, or just as a another great little object to set somewhere. Great condition with a beautiful patina. 5 1 8" long