Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle tower with a rich honey color

with a rich honey color and excellent patina to the wood

Probably done as school work

A couple show taped mends

or perhaps a practice exercise

Oil on board with clear coat

Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle tower with a rich honey colorI 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