Pumpkin

Long before Halloween became a night of costumes and candy, the pumpkin was already standing guard, carved and lit to ward off what wandered the dark, a harvest turned into a warning lantern.

The Pumpkin skyhook brings that folklore to life. Cast in iron and hand-painted to an antiqued finish, it depicts a jack-o’-lantern patch beneath a Trick-or-Treat sign, balanced between a pair of bats and a lone pumpkin counterweight, all set on a working mechanism in the tradition of 18th- and 19th-century balance toys. Give it a gentle push, and it swings, holding its own quiet motion long after the room has gone still.

On a mantel, a shelf, or anywhere the season deserves a little theater, it holds its own quietly. Folklore, cast in iron, for spaces where a little seasonal mischief is welcome.