Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina carrying milk buckets there are some dark marks

there are some dark marks visible on the white glaze

branches of cherry blossoms or red berries

with a few very tiny (barely noticeable) chips in the lacquer on its body on one side and a tiny bit of loss of lacquer around the very bottom edge of the base--none of which I think detract from the vase overall

It was made in two panels

The vase's squarish form is softened via rounded corners

Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina carrying milk buckets there are some dark marksI've become completely enamored of old handcrafted tools just for the spectacular, typically wonderfully worn objects that they are, but I'm also trying to learn a bit about what they are and do along the way! This is an old wood I think perhaps beech and forged iron spokeshave, the incredible beauty of which photos do not do justice. Spokeshaves which apparently date to prehistoric times, when they were used to shape arrow shafts occupy a space