Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle west German ceramic 6 3/4" t x 4

6 3/4" t x 4 5/8" in diameter

He's seen some use

and a paintbrush

But for me it is the drawing that sells it

Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle west German ceramic 6 3/4" t x 4One sees old knives and butcher blocks with BREAD carved in their handles or around the edges, but I have not ever seen a MEAT fork, and for me at least it carries a very different sort of weight! Plus, its just the time of year to put this one to use serving a holiday meal! Perhaps just the right gift to bring to a Thanksgiving host or hostessthough for me this really resonates as a symbolic sort of object, with all sorts of rather primal