Austrian Black Pottery Ocarina prison art tray with just the right amount

with just the right amount of dings and scratches

and then a rope border was glued around the perimeter as a final touch

6" tall x 2 1/2" wide x 2 1/4" deep and

which just makes it all the better

Austrian Black Pottery Ocarina prison art tray with just the right amountI started encountering these great looking old clay ocarina (Italian for ''little goose'') at flea markets on occasion, and had to snatch one up; I think they are just great little objects, and pretty fun to play, too! They were made in various sizes; this is a smallish one, made in Vienna, Austria, earlyish 20th century I believe. It is a 10 hole Transverse, or "Sweet potato" style ocarina (eight finger holes on the face and two on the back), to be