Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration Chinese vase This small but substantial vase

This small but substantial vase has a great presence

as a planter for a narcissus or amaryllis

as the mesh at the center is quite finely woven

catching olive pits

it's well worn

Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration Chinese vase This small but substantial vaseI personally had no real idea what it was when I found this piece, but now it makes perfect sense this would be the right tool for stirring and lifting clothes from washtubs. What I find especially intruiging about it are the cartoonish pyrograph designs, including spotted dog, Indian head, and flowers and vines, as well as two sets of initials, HJG and HJP. Ive learned that in the late 19th and early 20th century women especially were encouraged to