Gorgeous, Very Old Hand-tooled Leather Chain with Wooden End Piece putti clear and very readable

clear and very readable

To my eye it's extraordinary beautiful

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

I assume from the tugging of some not so small fish

which themselves seem to gesture: open

Gorgeous, Very Old Hand-tooled Leather Chain with Wooden End Piece putti clear and very readableI'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