Yellow Stencil Painted Old Eastern Star Sign primitive spoon 1 15/16" t x 1

1 15/16" t x 1 7/8" l x 11/16" w and in great condition

This lovely otter is by Richard Thompkins (1930-1995)

Well worn but all the better for it and in excellent structural condition

just everything great in antique playing cards

and including for the fact that I sell a lot to artists and creative people of various sorts

Yellow Stencil Painted Old Eastern Star Sign primitive spoon 1 15/16" t x 1Id guess the Eastern Star here refers to the fraternal order of the Eastern Starestablished as a Masonic appendant body in 1850 and operating across some 20 countries todayand perhaps this served a sign at some masonic gathering, designating where the Eastern Stars were meant to assemble. I just love the evocativeness of the phrase though, perfectly rendered in black stenciled lettering against the perfect yellow painted ground, which makes me think