Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle old north Carolina pottery more gestural nest of forest

more gestural nest of forest green shrubbery and what I believe are a few stacks of logs

and one wooden dominoe-shaped rectangular that serves as a "plug" to keep them from rattling around in the box

All appear to be French and a handful are still wrapped in paper

I really love the paint job on this one--a nice warm brown with terrific orange details outlining the drawers and punctuating the center of the handles

substantial sculptural presence

Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle old north Carolina pottery more gestural nest of forestThe smoothed bottom of this old masher shows that it was much used, and no wonder, as the interestingly carved handle, reminding me of a whimsy, provides a great grip! Another example of a utilitarian object that someone took care to make just to their liking, nice now as a sculptural one, though it could certainly be put to use again. 9 3 16" t x 1 7 8" in diameter at widest. There is one small chip to the handle as pictured, very minor, and some