Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle US Playing Card Co The Grace Borgenicht Gallery opened

The Grace Borgenicht Gallery opened on 57th Street in May 1951

out on the porch along with spare masks and hand sanitizer

5 7/16" x 3 12" and in very good condition

possibly while he was a grad student

Old Wooden Masher with Whimsically Carved Handle US Playing Card Co The Grace Borgenicht Gallery openedThe smoothed bottom of this old masher shows that it was much used, and no wonder, as the interestingly carved handle, reminding me of a whimsy, provides a great grip! Another example of a utilitarian object that someone took care to make just to their liking, nice now as a sculptural one, though it could certainly be put to use again. 9 3 16" t x 1 7 8" in diameter at widest. There is one small chip to the handle as pictured, very minor, and some