Fantastically Beautiful Primitive Footed Metal Sieve or Cooker us embossing co with this elongated body on

with this elongated body on very short legs

Closer inspection reveals waving flags and tiny firing cannons (with very nice tiny puffs of smoke) positioned along the wall of a fortress the toward the bottom of the engraving

I just like the dog faces carved into these wooden bookends

I love the sculptural quality of this vintage pair of salt and pepper shakers--as  abstract forms

Fantastically Beautiful Primitive Footed Metal Sieve or Cooker us embossing co with this elongated body onAnother stunner of a sculptural (and painterly) object I acquired from the collection of artist Richard Fleischner, and I think perhaps my favorite of all. I believe he found it in Kosovo, which I think lends it added resonance, appearing to having endured quite a lot itself. It seems possible it was used as a sieve for some sort of prospecting, but I believe now, based on a comment from one of you, that it was likely used for cooking a primitive sort