Curious Hand-built Clay Frog (or Mickey?) Head 1940s Elizabeth arden still showing a pattern of

still showing a pattern of little flowers all along the horseshoe

to transport frogs from one location to another

This winder with lyrical form and gorgeous old green paint on one side is pure found sculpture to me (I thought of Richard Tuttle when I spotted it)

with a B below for Brenda

with the letter and numbers I assume referring to the bottle or jar type (and there are more handwritten notations on the back side

Curious Hand-built Clay Frog (or Mickey?) Head 1940s Elizabeth arden still showing a pattern ofSuch a weird one! Much of what I love about it is that if you look at it one way, as if those orbs at top are eyeballs, it's definitely a frog, but if you perceive the intents closer to the mouth as eyes then I'd swear it's Mickey Mouse, with ears above. Happily, it can be both at once, and wonderfully strange either way, and while I'd guess made as an incense holder I'd just treat it as a head. Signed E. W. on the back, who could have been a