Antique Cast Iron Good Luck (Presumed Fraternal) Horseshoe with Original Paint glass slide kaleidoscope ) Two of the 6

) Two of the 6 are larger and one of the 4 smaller ones has no tail

but at some point the stop was removed or lost

with a citation in the Hardware Dealers Magazine in 1913 noting that price cards like these (sold via catalogue as well as at the store) were Manson's speciality

with light stains and smudges

Antique Cast Iron Good Luck (Presumed Fraternal) Horseshoe with Original Paint glass slide kaleidoscope ) Two of the 6I've found some other old cast iron horseshoes featuring shaking hands like this one (though no other with this terrific heart and star at center), and so believe it likely had fraternal associations. This one was clearly hand painted, still showing a pattern of little flowers all along the horseshoe, cream paint on the shaking hands, and dark red on the heart, and at the very top one can just make out the words "Good Luck." Based on a few other