Striking Old Cut Metal Calf Weaner tin spice box including a ginkgo leaf near

including a ginkgo leaf near center

shallower matte green glaze vintage Bennington Potters bowl I just listed

circa 1960s

which I especially love for those very carefully cut tiny spikes all around the perimeter

and there is a tiny loss of lacquer (which is real

Striking Old Cut Metal Calf Weaner tin spice box including a ginkgo leaf nearThis I do believe is the most striking and graphically satisfying calf weaner I've ever seen and there are some pretty excellent looking examples out there. Rather like bee boxes, calf weaners reflect a wide variety of solutions to a common problem: preventing calves from nursing while allowing them to graze, drink, and interact with their mothers. This one seems to me an especially elegant example, bearing a kinship with everything from medieval