Oversized Souvenir "Lucky Penny" Boston, MA Manuel Jimenez and what a wonderful thing

and what a wonderful thing to fill with a good whiskey and slip into your pocket as you head off on an adventure

The mottled matte periwinkle blue glaze is pretty perfect as well

just looking at this little lion inspires longing for a nice long soak

who appears to be sprinkling magic dust in the air

Vytacil co-founded the American Abstract Artist Group

Oversized Souvenir "Lucky Penny" Boston, MA Manuel Jimenez and what a wonderful thingI love this large, heavy (I'd guess pewter) souvenir Lucky Penny just as an object; nice in the hand, and even better on the desk as a paperweight. This specific image of profiled figure in feather headdress dates to 1919 of not earlier, but these were produced as souvenirs from then until at least through the end of the 1930s. I've found souvenir pennies matching this one from everyone from Niagara Falls to the New York World Fair; this one is from