Ceramic Tile Sundial with Sun, Stars and Clouds original sculpture with this great snake-like handle

with this great snake-like handle terminating in a hooked end

but the spoon component is gone

but I think they would be equally great at the grown-up's table

it seems possible that they were chess pieces—if so

taught for many years in New Hampshire

Ceramic Tile Sundial with Sun, Stars and Clouds original sculpture with this great snake-like handleI don't know anything about the origins of this small sundial, but I really like it! I'd guess it was once mounted on an outdoor wall somewhere, as there is old grout around the perimeter, just inside the edge of the tile. The tile itself I believe is transfer decorated, and the arm of the dial (called the gnomon) I am pretty sure is copper and both are in excellent condition. While it could surely be re inset into a wall as a permanent fixture, I'd