Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle old north Carolina pottery All appear to be French

All appear to be French and a handful are still wrapped in paper

The box shows plenty of wear and the box top is missing one short end

I really love the paint job on this one--a nice warm brown with terrific orange details outlining the drawers and punctuating the center of the handles

pinks and ochres

Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle old north Carolina pottery All appear to be FrenchThe smoothed bottom of this old masher shows that it was much used, and no wonder, as the interestingly carved handle, reminding me of a whimsy, provides a great grip! Another example of a utilitarian object that someone took care to make just to their liking, nice now as a sculptural one, though it could certainly be put to use again. 9 3 16" t x 1 7 8" in diameter at widest. There is one small chip to the handle as pictured, very minor, and some