British Hand-painted Postcard of Cottage in Derbyshire, Unused, C. 1910 rug beater while the handle attached to

while the handle attached to the arm is wood

This beautiful old kitchen tool might was probably used for mixing a wide variety of things

with the features--including tattooed ear and fanstastic star-like wrinkles around the eye--playfully rendered in black ink dots

with one loose bit of ricrac on the figure with heart

the more I love it

British Hand-painted Postcard of Cottage in Derbyshire, Unused, C. 1910 rug beater while the handle attached toI'm not sure it gets much more British than this sweet hand painted postcard of gabled, ivy covered cottage in Derbyshire, which, having googled cottages in Derbyshire, is indeed 100% quintessential, though I could not find a reference to the Jan Ford cottages noted at upper right. Nicely done in watercolor, with very thick, painterly application, or maybe even oil paint, used for the bushes trees and ivy. Lovely, and with an unused back for