Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration brass elephant storing jewelry

storing jewelry

with not an extraneous thing about it

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The strong frame or foundation of the basket appears to be hazel

This little cast-iron snail sculpture is a wonderful thing to hold in your hand: weighty and substantial

Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration brass elephant storing jewelryI personally had no real idea what it was when I found this piece, but now it makes perfect sense this would be the right tool for stirring and lifting clothes from washtubs. What I find especially intruiging about it are the cartoonish pyrograph designs, including spotted dog, Indian head, and flowers and vines, as well as two sets of initials, HJG and HJP. Ive learned that in the late 19th and early 20th century women especially were encouraged to