Striking 19th C Carved Butter Churn Lid, Ex. Richard "Smitty" Axtell Collection antique matching game Both are in fully in

Both are in fully in tact and in good structural shape

near-horizontal branch coming in from the right is of a very old Oak

and second in terms of surface

This fantastic original 1969 poster for me perfectly encapsulates the sort of excitement one must have felt when the traveling circus was coming to town---and what a clown

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Striking 19th C Carved Butter Churn Lid, Ex. Richard "Smitty" Axtell Collection antique matching game Both are in fully inThis gorgeous carved piece would have been the lid of a butter churn I believe, with a hole in the center through which the handle of the churn would have fit. I know people get very excited about antique butter molds, but I'll take a boldly carved lid like this any day of the week! This piece comes from the collection of Richard Smitty Axtell (Skinner recently held an auction of many pieces from his collection in "Smitty's Eye: The Axtell