Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration brass elephant I have seen images of

I have seen images of orange vessels just like these topped with highly stylized pointy lids ending in exaggerated bulbous tips

though it does not distract

While absolutely poised to serve again as a stool

I really might instead turn it upside down and build an alter around this one

storing jewelry

Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration brass elephant I have seen images ofI 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