Snakestone (Coal) I

The fos­silised remains of ammonites were giv­en the name snake­stones in Eng­land, because they resem­ble coiled snakes turned to stone. Ear­ly map mak­er William Cam­den men­tioned the pecu­liar for­ma­tions in his book Bri­tan­nia, which was pub­lished in 1586: ​‘If you break them you find with­in stony ser­pents, wreathed up in cir­cles, but eter­nal­ly with­out heads.’ These small sculp­tur­al works recon­nect the ser­pent bod­ies with their heads. 

A limited edition of 5.