Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid civil war momento adding up to a face

adding up to a face that makes her feel to me keenly observant if a bit wary

and a little cracking to the black lacquer on the underside

The threaded lid turns tightly closed and opens easily

Rhodes himself fulfills a lesson in perspective by filling the open pages of the pre-printed book with a summation of his life:

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Very Old Small Painted Clay Spiral or Snake Lid civil war momento adding up to a faceI 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