Sweet Antique Pair of Carved and Painted Axes pastel vase Oklahoma City and the Kansas

Oklahoma City and the Kansas City area

with the appropriate signs of age and wear to suggest that it is very old indeed

and I love the hand-drawn black ink lettering spelling EGGS (especially against that white and with nails on all sides)

(It's all about context

Sweet Antique Pair of Carved and Painted Axes pastel vase Oklahoma City and the KansasPurchased from a dealer from Michigan at the New Hampshire Antiques Show who always has terrific things, I just though these were charming and excellent vehicles for delivering great old paint. Late 19th century I believe, carved of wood, with the remnants of a couple of Victorian die cuts on one side of each. Nice mounted above the front door, say, for protection! Each about 9" long x 3 1 8 to 3 1 4" wide, very good condition, great original painted