Old Hand-painted Cast Iron Pig Face (Target?) wizard of oz book I assume mid-20th century or

I assume mid-20th century or so

Each measures 2"across at widest and 3" tall

this is just a lovely object that feels great in the hand and that I think has many more good years in it yet

” clearly has lots of wisdom to impart

Nouveau Realism in France and AbEx and then Pop Art in New York were most of the attention of the era went

Old Hand-painted Cast Iron Pig Face (Target?) wizard of oz book I assume mid-20th century orIf I had to guess, I'd think this pig face once served as a carnival shooting target, as there is a concentration of dings right around the nose at center and a few more here and there. But there is no sign around the edges or on back that it was welded to something else, so perhaps it was somehow glued adhered flush to a mount. I just think the hand painted face is pretty great, with just the right taunting expression to provoke one to try to hit the