Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration panel Found at a fantastic estate

Found at a fantastic estate sale loaded with mid-century ceramics and other wonderful objects from around the world

Woven in a classic kilim style

and holds four black lacquered coasters inside

is made from a mixture of the juice of the Thitsi tree and ash

Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration panel Found at a fantastic estateI personally had no real idea what it was when I found this piece, but now it makes perfect sense this would be the right tool for stirring and lifting clothes from washtubs. What I find especially intruiging about it are the cartoonish pyrograph designs, including spotted dog, Indian head, and flowers and vines, as well as two sets of initials, HJG and HJP. Ive learned that in the late 19th and early 20th century women especially were encouraged to