Like An Apple Core Spool with Spikes, Super Satisfying Antique Tenderizer (or Biscuit Pricker), 1876 Patent vintage claws (You could hang a whole

(You could hang a whole lot of keys from it

I've seen these old carved and painted antique Swedish spoons referred to as "love spoons" or "love tokens

Green measures 2 5/16" w" x 2 5/16" d x 1 13/16" t

3" t x 1 11/16" w

just wonderful

Like An Apple Core Spool with Spikes, Super Satisfying Antique Tenderizer (or Biscuit Pricker), 1876 Patent vintage claws (You could hang a wholeI found this while toodling around Mid Coast Maine last weekend and it struck me a very beautiful thing, with the form of the handle looking very much like a Shaker apple core spool and then this wonderful dense grid of sharp spikes. It was tagged as a meat tenderizer and I would guess that's right, though there are examples of antique shortbread biscuit prickers used for pricking dough to allow steam to escape of a similar nature, though usually