Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag folk pottery 7 3/8 x 5 11/16

7 3/8 x 5 11/16 in (18

and I really love this book

Great for kids but also nice just sitting around--or glue them all together to make a sculpture

and think I never did complete a woodworking project

I can't look at a chess board without thinking of Duchamp

Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag folk pottery 7 3/8 x 5 11/16This would most likely once have flagged the ear of a cow or bull as an identifier. Certainly there are many of these around, but it's the wide and irregular shape of this one, and the weight of the brass, and the hand written quality of the impressed numbers, especially, that does it for me. Plus, strung on a chain as a pendant, it would seem a very good present for a dear one turning 47 or for someone long past 47, forever young! 1 7 8" w x 2 1 8"