Anthropomorphic Old Scraper vintage beach toys A friend and fellow antiques

A friend and fellow antiques dealer was expressing to me just the other day his enamourment with smoke decorated objects

suggesting someone dropped a small fortune in it over the course of more than a century

Whether or not one actually puts these to use

"KEEP" circled many times in red

to my eye pretty much a perfect thing

Anthropomorphic Old Scraper vintage beach toys A friend and fellow antiquesLooks like an alligator head to me, that has just snapped its jaws tightly closed, or perhaps the head of a snake, severed from its body. I love an old scraping tool, but even more so a good found face, and this one is equally evocative and I think quite empathetic from both sides. 6 7 8" l x 3 5 8" w x 1 1 2" d with an iron blade and nice patina of use.