My great grandparents immigrated from Ireland to America because of the potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century. My father worked as a railroad engineer early in his career. He would have liked these iron bookends upcycled from railroad spikes. Bravo!
I have a collection of bears, but nothing like this little fellow. What a charmer and looks "impossible", but somehow there it is. Beautiful craftsmanship and makes me happy every time I see it.