Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle US Playing Card Co which I purchased online from

which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it--I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait

especially on the surfaces of the shelves

out on the porch along with spare masks and hand sanitizer

There is what looks like a "V" incised on the face of the lid

Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle US Playing Card Co which I purchased online fromThe 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