Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle US Playing Card Co already pretty intense

already pretty intense

possibly while he was a grad student

white and blue

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

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 already pretty intenseThe 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