Fred Lant's 1898 Hand-carved Folk Art Clock Dial gift for maker it could either be hung

it could either be hung on the wall or used as a rug--I'd especially love it as the first thing one crosses walking in the door

adding to its modern feel

The molded glass shows one large and some scattered small bubbles here and there

There are a few lighter striations on one side of the back

I would guess 1920s-40s

Fred Lant's 1898 Hand-carved Folk Art Clock Dial gift for maker it could either be hungI've always got an eye out for folk art clock dials like this, which I believe would have been used for teaching learning how to read time on a clock. I love the simple earnestness of this one, and that it is shaped like the silhouette of a house, and especially those cut tin hands of the dial, the elongated form of which I think lends a certain elegance and grace to the whole thing. The roman numerals of the dial appear to have been incised then