Primitive, Much Used Antique Cheese Making Board with Carved Drain erzgebirge barn The polychrome colors remain super

The polychrome colors remain super saturated and bold - orange

and backed with fabric

with photographic image of a very handsome Odd Fellow framed in gold at lower center

12 years old

This one has a blank circle at the center of one side where the monogram would be carved (and still could be

Primitive, Much Used Antique Cheese Making Board with Carved Drain erzgebirge barn The polychrome colors remain superThe dealer I purchased this from (in Vermont) had it marked as a "lye board," but I am near certain it is in fact a 19th c. cheese making board, with hand carved drain. (I've included an image of one for reference at end of photos.) I find it a supremely beautiful thing, like the most elemental drawing in the world, and also like a painting, with the white stain from the cheese making process filling the circle and bleeding out just a bit beyond. The