Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle whimsy carving but also so clearly lovingly

but also so clearly lovingly made to begin with

with heavy wear/some loss on the sides at the shoulders and at the neck

11 1/8" x 7 1/8"

this one with a an elongated oval shaped mirror and a sense that it has lived a very interesting life

in hand-lettered pencilled capitals

Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle whimsy carving but also so clearly lovinglyI jumped on this one because I find it a very beautiful and poetic feeling old handmade tool and then I realized the brass scoop was likely cut from an artillery shell, making this both a make do creation and a piece of trench art of sorts. And clearly a scoop was much needed by whoever made it with the carved handle here showing a beautiful dark and warm dry wood patina from much much handling. I find the line of that deep arc of the scoop's opening