Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold glass tube Image size approx 14"x9"

Image size approx 14"x9"

There is a thin

containing three bone dice inside which would be used for the popular European game 421 (google it to find the rules)

beautifully aged yellow

lid closes flush and hook is in place

Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold glass tube Image size approx 14"x9"For a long time I never paid much attention to carved butter molds, cookie molds, etc. but now that I've started looking more closely at them, I'm finding a whole new realm of beautiful, and ofter very singular, carved wooden objects to admire and enjoy, this one a case in point. The wheat sheaf was certainly a common motif for butter molds, but this beautiful antique double sheaf example is unusual for showing one pointing one way and one the other,