Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold antique display shelf very singular old handmade measuring

very singular old handmade measuring stick/rod (pretty impossible to document well

1 5/8" deep and overall in very good condition

or perhaps the paintings were made for the subjects

Executed on sturdy cardstock/board

Antique Primitive Hand-carved Double Wheat Sheaf Monogrammed Butter Mold antique display shelf very singular old handmade measuringFor a long time I never paid much attention to carved butter molds, cookie molds, etc. but now that I've started looking more closely at them, I'm finding a whole new realm of beautiful, and ofter very singular, carved wooden objects to admire and enjoy, this one a case in point. The wheat sheaf was certainly a common motif for butter molds, but this beautiful antique double sheaf example is unusual for showing one pointing one way and one the other,