Early Odd Fellows Shaking Hands Good Luck Horseshoe stereoscopic slides I believe the hat and

I believe the hat and outfit on this carved and painted fellow is Colonial era American

and there is one small tear in the lip

I snatched it up immediately

with just a bit of darkening and bumping around the edges

some in French) range from poems by Jean Cocteau and Paul Valery

Early Odd Fellows Shaking Hands Good Luck Horseshoe stereoscopic slides I believe the hat andI believe this Odd Fellows horseshoe once read Luck along the bottom, but somehow (it would seem it was deliberately) the Luck piece is gone. Thus, it feels more as if carrying a message of good citizenship and friendship, which is certainly more within one's control! It seems there have been multiple iterations of good luck horseshoes of a similar ilk, but I believe this is an early one, late 19th very early 20th c, painted cast iron I believe, gold