Carved Old Dark Wood Spoon with Wonderful Details mid-century Czech vase apparently once denounced shredded wheat

apparently once denounced shredded wheat as tasteless: "like eating a whisk broom

The patina on this piece

barely visible but meaning that the lip is fragile and the basket is best picked up by the body

I have not found a signature on it

often decorated with geometric motifs as was this one

Carved Old Dark Wood Spoon with Wonderful Details mid-century Czech vase apparently once denounced shredded wheatSuch a sweet spoon. I'd probably be inclined to keep this one very near at hand, perhaps sitting in an old wooden bowl on the counter filled sea salt, so that I could use it all of the time. Hand carved and quite old I think, it's got a great shape, nice large bowl, and terrific little stars inside of squares carved in the handle, with a row of dots on either side. I think one can really viscerally feel the love and care that went into making this; so