Primitive Antique Wood and Tin Grain Scoop ocean Best is the pinched edge

Best is the pinched edge along one side and almost pitcher-like opening at the corner of the other

and I can't resist snatching them up when I find them

but when I finally made it

This piece is in overall good antique condition

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Primitive Antique Wood and Tin Grain Scoop ocean Best is the pinched edgeI believe this old grain scoop, with turned wood handle, likely dates to the 19th century, and I think it is just a gorgeous object! The handle extends through a hole in the flat, semi circular wooden base of the scoop like a plug, with its terminus visible on the interior of the scoop. Meanwhile, the beautifully shaped tin of the scoop wraps around the sides of the base, overlapping the the front and joined with a nail. Nothing extraneous, just a