Gorgeous, Very Old Hand-tooled Leather Chain with Wooden End Piece putti To my eye it's extraordinary

To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful

There is enough wear around the entrance to suggest a bird or two may have resided in it

that I am sorry not to have landed more of

Color lithography on a nice weight cardstock

and if not in use would put it out somewhere to enjoy it as the lovely sculptural object that it is

Gorgeous, Very Old Hand-tooled Leather Chain with Wooden End Piece putti To my eye it's extraordinaryI'd guess this beautiful hand tooled leather chain of sorts was once part of some sort of animal harness, but I'm not completely certain. I spotted it hanging straight down from a wall hook at an antique show in Connecticut this past weekend and thought it was just an absolutely gorgeous, super viscerally satisfying thing. The leather is hardened and nearly black, with an almost tar like crackled surface, with each link in the chain slightly wider