Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure antique snuff box with portrait Losses as evident but completely

Losses as evident but completely stable now

under glass in an old gold gessoed frame: 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"

(The contrast is a bit more pronounced ion photos than in hand

a young girl I would bet

and another I am listing simultaneously

Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure antique snuff box with portrait Losses as evident but completelyJust 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