Sparkly Antique Cast Iron Odd Fellows Horseshoe with Eye, Links, Hands and Eagle molded pottery but whatever the case it's

but whatever the case it's a perfect thing as it is now

It doesn't much bother me (and one could easily repaint the side edge black) since all eyes are on those eyes and mouth

All of the tiny "teeth" appear to have been individually carved of wood

Spiral edge along top as evident

I love a ruler and actually hadn't seen one of these before

Sparkly Antique Cast Iron Odd Fellows Horseshoe with Eye, Links, Hands and Eagle molded pottery but whatever the case it'sWhat I like about this cast iron lucky horseshoe is not just that it packs in a bevy of Odd Fellows symbols, including the "all seeing eye" below the eagle and above the FLT links and shaking hands and IOOF at bottom, but also that the horseshoe and links and stars below the eye were (are) coated in a sort of shimmering gravel, which lends sparkly magic to the whole thing. With a small loop on the reverse for hanging, threaded with a piece of string