Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina carrying milk buckets 75" tall x

75" tall x

The vase's squarish form is softened via rounded corners

there are some dark marks visible on the white glaze

it was published by the Hayes Lithographing Co

Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina carrying milk buckets 75" tall xI've become completely enamored of old handcrafted tools just for the spectacular, typically wonderfully worn objects that they are, but I'm also trying to learn a bit about what they are and do along the way! This is an old wood I think perhaps beech and forged iron spokeshave, the incredible beauty of which photos do not do justice. Spokeshaves which apparently date to prehistoric times, when they were used to shape arrow shafts occupy a space