I am 99% certain it is cast bronze rather than brass
and dates to the early 20th century
and a flurry of falling snow overhead
with no cracks in the wood that I can see
I believe it was produced for Bitossi Rosenthal Netter and likely dates to the 1960s/early 70s
Woman Feeding Chickens, Mid-Late 1800s' Colored Ink Folk Art Drawing by Wayne B. Blouch, Lancaster, PA Wilson Bohannan padlock I am 99% certain itHaving spent a few years on a farm, I've had some experience feeding chickens, and wish I could say they were as charming and well behaved as this bunch, and that I looked as well composed and well dressed as this woman throwing meal to them, sporting cheerful bows in her hair, on her shoes, and around her waist! This and several others I am listing came from a portfolio of drawings by Pennsylvania folk outsider artist Wayne B. Blouch of Lancaster,