Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid carved blade founded in 1954 and still

founded in 1954 and still in operation

with a marvelous patina

with just a tiniest ding to the tip of the beak

looking out at the lawn signs

39 12" long x 9/16" wide

Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid carved blade founded in 1954 and stillI do not know whence this came, but it appears to me that it is quite old, i. e. very old. It's a small thing, which looks as if likely once a lid to a small vessel, but now would make a wonderful little paper weight. It looks to me like a snake curled into a spiral, with mouth open at the top. Sculpted of black clay, with the snake painted in black against gold and red. 2" d x 7 8" t. A few chips around the bottom edge and a couple of hairline