Old Painted Sheet Metal Lucky 13 reds 3 3/4" across at base

3 3/4" across at base

which once belonged to the Reading Lab at Illinois State University

and I love the form of the blue racer especially

but what I most love is the surface

Image size (as defined by pencil drawn frame): 4 3/4" x 5 3/4"

Old Painted Sheet Metal Lucky 13 reds 3 3/4" across at baseI assume this double sided 13 was once part of a carnival game or something like that or perhaps it marked an especially challenging obstacle on some sort of course, of the sort where balls, or people, disappeared! I personally find the number 13 lucky and am sure this one is and a great looking one too, which one could hang somewhere to look bad luck in the face. 9" in diameter, with great surface wear. Steel I believe, with a nice weight and a hole