Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle snowman portrait A bit hard to capture

A bit hard to capture in photos

and around the perimeter of the lid for Chrysanthemums and pearls

Among them were examples sold as souvenirs at landmarks and natural attractions

Really just perfect

A note on the back dates it to 1941 or so--a surprise

Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle snowman portrait A bit hard to captureI 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