Beautiful, Much Loved Old Primitive Pine Scoop with Hooked Handle glass beads and also expedient thing to

and also expedient thing to do so here

And these parquetry tiles and design cards are my favorites of all

I find the back pretty beautiful

Cards measure 5 1/2" x 3 5/16"

Beautiful, Much Loved Old Primitive Pine Scoop with Hooked Handle glass beads and also expedient thing toI found this old carved pine scoop at a shop in New Hampshire and just couldn't put it down. My photos don't really do justice (I think I haven't mastered the settings on my newish iphone camera very well and it picks up every undertone in wood) but between the form and the wood and the wear, it's a lovely and very honest feeling thing. Looks like it was once stained painted, but that has worn away entirely on the scoop itself, remaining just on the