Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold glass tube lid closes flush and hook

lid closes flush and hook is in place

making anyone immediately feel calm and welcomed

beautifully aged yellow

Image size approx 14"x9"

Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold glass tube lid closes flush and hookFor a long time I never paid much attention to carved butter molds, cookie molds, etc. but now that I've started looking more closely at them, I'm finding a whole new realm of beautiful, and ofter very singular, carved wooden objects to admire and enjoy, this one a case in point. The wheat sheaf was certainly a common motif for butter molds, but this beautiful antique double sheaf example is unusual for showing one pointing one way and one the other,