Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag folk pottery and I really love this

and I really love this book

& Houston Lowe in Dayton

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

giving it just the right amount of wonkiness for me

Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag folk pottery and I really love thisThis 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"