OLD Pueblo Black Pottery Vessel with Unusual Pinched Neck tiny houses and usually to roll a

and usually to roll a a life lesson into it one way or another

I have a particular affection for this fellow

and though not every letter and number is easy to read

and quite a special feeling little thing

The box features the original oak stain and mark on the front reading  "Patented 1889

OLD Pueblo Black Pottery Vessel with Unusual Pinched Neck tiny houses and usually to roll aI am certain this piece is Native American, and I believe Southwest pueblo, with the lower half of the black clay body polished to a sheen and showing some minimal decoration. What makes it unusual, and quite special I think, is the folded over and finger pinched thumb pressed neck, which contributes (along with the wear to the exterior and view of the interior) to me thinking this is a very old (pre columbian) piece. What I really love is the