Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration Chinese vase teeth bared

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as a planter for a narcissus or amaryllis

catching olive pits

they are really inspiring me add vintage Japanese fans to my ongoing collecting obsessions

"I want to be her

Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration Chinese vase teeth baredI 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