Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid carved blade 4 3/4" t x 3

4 3/4" t x 3 1/16" w x 1 1/8" d

Larger is 4 3/4" l x 3" t x 1 13/16" w

founded in 1954 and still in operation

with just a tiniest ding to the tip of the beak

Other than the missing foot

Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid carved blade 4 3/4" t x 3I 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