REPRO PRIMITIVE 18th C STYLE HARD WOOD BUTTER MOLD PADDLE DEEP FISH TROUT CARVE

Description

DO YOU WISH FOR A COLONIAL FISH?
JUST in time to welcome Spring decor and primitive collecting for Reenactments into your country home comes this wonderful Repro Primitive style American wood Paddle handle shaped very deep carved Butter Mold with curved Fish design in middle. Despite being new, it resonates the look of a precious and useful farm house antique at a fraction of the cost of such a one! Please take a tour of the old looking, handmade solid wood item in pictures above starting with relative size in my hand, opening picture.
The handmade heavy wood long shaped Food Mold is just a tad nicer than the cheap imported ones with vague carvings, giving visual interest, where your eyes just want to touch it all over before you even get to handle it! That is the feeling I got when I selected this for you on a buying trip that was by private invitation only for Spring open house. Everything then was considered pride and precious on the farmstead, and today we find the same joy in re-using these sturdy hand made wood items.
Form follows function as the saying goes, and this small almost 8" long  squat handled Butter Mold is a sturdy 1/2" thick of American hardwood, necessary so the whey liquid did not soften the wood. A very detailed curved jumping Fish with backfins and feathery tail fins graces the front, with dotted dappled body and pointed face with fish lips (gotta have fish lips yeah!). Twin lower fins paddle underneath his body--truly well carved and done for a NICE PRICE. Aren't you anxious to HOLD this wonderful BOLD recent field find? If you follow antiques auction prices these days, anything primitive sells for a small fortune. Here's your chance to jump, on "WOOD" You, New Debut!
CONDITION REPORT:  Beautiful slight vintage as new, never used Wood Object with small old tape mark residue to front should wash off with hot soap and water. Just like the old fashioned way. Chemical, Virus and smoke free home with perfect feedback. ALL SALES FINAL, NO CANCELLED BIDS, NO RETURNS.
I am in surgical healing and ask you to pay quickly your First Class invoice before shipping, as I pack very well against breakage.This is prime mail order rush season so we have to work fast from the past, as the USPS still struggles to deliver mail, blaming COVID if you ask them. EBay asks Buyers to be patient.
Although I am in surgical recovery, allow 3 days for proper packup but I usually still do it within 1-2 days.
Item is carefully checked against any flaws. It is as-found, no scratches or stains, what a beautifully primitive, Lady Ellens Fine Ware would only bring the best to the trading table, buy now for Farmhouse if able! Always a smoke free, no virus home. Happy Spring 2021 Dear Shoppers!
Postage rate will be First Class due to less than a pound, I always pack double well against trouble! Have you peeked in at our companion Blue Bread board?
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