Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure message All pictured across the photos

All pictured across the photos

not leaking

and stickers (891-896) on the spines

7 3/16" t x 5 1/16" w x 1 3/4" d

A bit of a challenging to photograph this one due to the shine on the brass

Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure message All pictured across the photosJust 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