Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure antique snuff box with portrait (The contrast is a bit

(The contrast is a bit more pronounced ion photos than in hand

and I am always rather charmed by them--so much effort invested in the making of this little thing

stretched over a pine frame

under glass in an old gold gessoed frame: 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"

a young girl I would bet

Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure antique snuff box with portrait (The contrast is a bitJust about my favorite old ice fishing decoy I've ever seen, and much better in hand, with quite an amazing patina in every regard; this one has lived quite a life. Meant to represent a mouse I presume, with a long twisted wire tail, but with those tin wings it could very well be taken for a flying red bat! With red painted tin ears too, and nails for eyes, with one old nail in front of one ear and two in front of the other (my favorite detail). Iron