Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration brass elephant The strong frame or foundation

The strong frame or foundation of the basket appears to be hazel

though it does not distract

T Swann Company in Tampa

with not an extraneous thing about it

and a few spots where the grass has darkened a bit - all as documented

Antique Primitive Laundry Fork with Pyrography Decoration brass elephant The strong frame or foundationI 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