Vintage Butterfly Wall Art Butterfly Metal Sign Animal Familiar Home Decor Size:8x12 inch Everything else sits in gold

Everything else sits in gold and grey

Cathedral gargoyles are cut from stone

There is no cutting and no layering in the object itself

tail curled

Around that runs a rusted border

Vintage Butterfly Wall Art Butterfly Metal Sign Animal Familiar Home Decor Size:8x12 inch Everything else sits in goldOld handwriting behind the wings. A single butterfly is set open winged across what looks like a page torn from an old ledger: brown ink in a looping hand, ruled columns, foxing and water stains. The upper wings are amber and orange with black bars and slate blue tips; the lower pair taper away into long dark tails. Rust coloured flakes and drips are scattered over the paper as though the surface had aged badly in a damp room. Some of the writing