Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold glass tube which show plenty of wear

which show plenty of wear around the edges

so I think perhaps the lock no longer functions

There is a thin

Image size approx 14"x9"

Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold glass tube which show plenty of wearFor 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,